Quote from: cypherdoc on April 08, 2012, 07:09:53 PM

like i asked the other day; i really need a new router and i'd like to sell 1 physical gold ounce for what i believe is the real physical price of gold which i think is around $2400 right now. could you please direct me to the place where i can sell for that price and get USD cash? i need this right away.

I want to know if there's life on Mars without being able to go there myself. I can read fiction and non-fiction stories others have published about the planet, or make inferences from my own observations. Of course, the only way to know for certain is to obtain direct evidence.

We can believe one thing and be proven entirely wrong when the evidence comes to light. The golden fiction has been analysed and found to be lacking. A lie can only be maintained so long as the evidence remains out of reach. Enough evidence is available to strongly suggest the official line is a lie.

The problem: not enough people are aware there is evidence, let alone that gold is much more valuable in fiat terms. The people who do have all of the evidence intend to manage the chaos that would ensue from a rapid disruption in the financial dynamic, and public dissemination of that knowledge could break the already tenuous control that exists now.

You can tell pretty easily when something goes viral. That's when the secret has nowhere left to hide and the lie burns away. For now, people are exchanging physical gold at paper gold prices; there is no publicly available clearing house for physical gold yet. So we wait.

Quote from: tvbcof on April 08, 2012, 08:41:35 PM

This analogy is both amusing and not inappropriate.

Quote from: tvbcof on April 08, 2012, 08:41:35 PM

I would, however, note that one is more likely to succeed by knowing their enemy and choosing the time and place of a conflict.

That we agree on 100%. I choose Bitcoin!

Quote from: bitcool on April 08, 2012, 09:38:52 PM

I am looking forward to seeing more and more (real & false) prophets start using this "Prediction Registry", if they dare.
http://www.davidbrin.com/predictionsregistry.htm

Interestingly, time stamping predictions is one thing bitcoin blockchain will be good at.

I like that idea - it'd help with re-assessing ideas and estimations.