> Plus, there's no way I could've gotten the degree I hold without logical skills.

What evidence do you have for this assertion?

I should add that I actually don't gamble myself. I find it too immoral for my own standards of entertainment (I much prefer Russian literature and pornography). But I think it's perfectly fine that Tynan has lower standards than mine when it comes to entertainment, and that you have lower standards when it comes to logic.

Except that:

1. How do you know they were working all week? Is this based on a generalization, or data you have on the people who gamble?

2. What about the time that these productive people are spending gambling with Tynan? Are they being directly productive then, or do we overlook that part of their week?

3. Why wouldn't Tynan working all week also be factored into your productivity/morality equation? He actually works more than anyone I know.

4. Why is Tynan being immoral, despite his productivity away from the poker table, and these other people gambling with him who are probably *less* productive than Tynan away from the table, are not immoral, but rather "directly productive" people?

The last sentence referred to your assertion that gambling is "stealing from those who are directly productive". How are the people Tynan is beating at poker "directly productive"? Or at least, more likely to be directly productive than anyone else on earth?

How is the fact that you didn't grow up in a home affected by gambling besides the point, and the fact that I didn't either *not* besides the point? They're both besides the point. The point is that gambling isn't stealing from anyone. If Tynan were addicted to gambling, *and* losing, *and* not able to feed his children (he has none), then I'd see your point. None of those things are true.

It would be more useful to give specific criticisms of his ideas, rather than list vague shortcomings ("you're young and not well educated"). Your only specific critique is of gambling being immoral, which is weird as the only people you might take money from are people who also voluntarily choose to gamble, which seems fair to me -- if they didn't want their money taken, they shouldn't gamble. I'm not sure why they would be more directly productive than Tynan or anyone else.

Edited to add: Btw, "young" isn't a shortcoming. It's a relative term to describe a number, and pretty meaningless in this context. And "not well educated" is a compliment in my book -- people who are overly educated tend not to know how things really work or how to get things done. I suggest reading Tynan's post, "A Hustler's MBA".

Try making a few changes:

I get more than 15% when I do this:

http://www.lendstats.com/loansearch/lc/lcloanfilter.php?sdm=01&sdy=2007&edm=12&edy=2013&size1=1000&size2=35000&cg2=E1&cg1=G5&fc1=&fc2=&inq1=&inq2=&dti1=&dti2=15&oc1=&oc2=&tc1=&tc2=&rc1=&rc2=&rcp1=&rcp2=&cl1=&cl2=&dq21=&dq22=&msdq1=&msdq2=&pr1=&pr2=0&ch1=&ch2=&inc1=&inc2=&el1=7&el2=&lp1=1&lp2=1&lp4=1&lp5=1&lp6=1&lp7=1&lp8=1&lp10=1&lp11=1&lp13=1&lp0=1&ho0=1&ho1=1&trm1=1&states1=exclude&states%5B%5D=CA&ex1=1&df5=0.5&df1=0.25&df2=0.5&df3=0.75&df4=0.99&xx=&lender=all&sho1=2&sho2=0

I also use E1-G5 loans, which lowers the percentage a little but gives you more loans in the sample size.

I love this post more than most of your posts. That's not saying much though. ;)

Btw, you're *okay* at blogging.