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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 11 Feb 2016

    It's a lot more rewarding to bet against conventional minded people than to try to convince them.

    10:35 AM - 11 Feb 2016
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      1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @moconinja

        @moconinja There's one test here: http://paulgraham.com/say.html 

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      1. Luke VanderHart‏ @levanderhart 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg Problem is, they can stay wrong longer than I can stay solvent.

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      1. Loren  🤓‏ @lorendsr 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg 🤑 and more entertaining! It was fun watching @sama challenge the world on Twitter. That's why my sister and I built @parlay

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      1. DinnerCrasher‏ @DinnerCrasher 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg word.

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      1. Florian Klampfer  🦄‏ @qwtel 12 Feb 2016
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        @paulg surly looking forward to @AugurProject

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      1. Fellow Traveller‏ @JZAK07 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg @lopp If you wait long enough, what you are trying to convince them of will likely become conventional thinking.

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      1. Stephen Bové‏ @StephenBove 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg You can never convince them. ;-)

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      2. Matthias Büchse‏ @drmabuese 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Bet? Like how?

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      3. Christian Kothe‏ @christiankothe 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @drmabuese

        @drmabuese With your investment.

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      1. Stephen Bové‏ @StephenBove 13 Mar 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @AustenAllred And even more rewarding to master completely turning out the frogs chorus of their quotidian babble.

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      1. I Love Carbs‏ @iLuvKarbs 21 Feb 2016
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        @paulg i too am voting for @realDonaldTrump

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      1. Kedar Mhaswade‏ @bloggerkedar 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg Agreed! Is it worth trying to convince anyone?

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      1. Gennady Simanovsky‏ @GennadySimanovs 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg Brilliant note

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      1. rohan khanna‏ @5_minutes_break 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg ameen

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      1. Noel Jensen  🚗 🛩️ 🚀‏ @TW_1222 11 Feb 2016
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        That's profound! @paulg @JBoorman

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      1. New Story‏ @NewStoryCharity 11 Feb 2016
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        @paulg We like your thinking, Paul. #nontraditionalcharity #changinglives

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