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good points
many will say that we create our reality, I like the idea too that when your mind open up for a new idea it never gets back to the original size again (was it Einstein?)
now, how sure are you that attention creates thoughts? maybe there's a stream of thoughts that could happen regardless of your attention but you can uses your attention to keep them or leave them...
what do you think?
I don't know if there is a clear answer to this in the literature, but at least to me, it seems like it's a bit of both.
On one hand we just get random thoughts all the time, but on the other hand, things that you have paid attention to in the past tend to appear in your thoughts as well.
I'm sure advertisers would know the answer to this, because they pay a lot of money to be in the minds of the people.
not sure if there's consensus regarding this topics but it's a really interesting one, I'd say it's the most interesting topic I've ever talked about here on the gambling boards of bitcointalk.
I think it's a two way road too with our attention influencing our thoughts but random things happening as well and we "deciding" to stick with them or let them go.
attention is powerful, for sure.
It sounds like philosophy applied to gambling and the way we human beings behave under certain circumstances.
Honestly, I have not researched about gambling in a context of human development, because it is easier to find information on the superficial part of it, the commercial portion, the strategies and News which are in the mainstream.
If you asked me, I would say gambling is an activity which is full of relativeness, from the amount of money one can lose, to the way other perceive our status (according to the money wagered).
Though, if we talk about addiction, it would be better to stay within the psychological literature, where the most useful approaches are supposed to be.
would love to read more on gambling history too (when did it start, what were the first games, where it was more common)
I could be wrong but seems like we've been gambling pretty much forever, since there was money there were people wanting to make easy money by luck.