The organiser wins -> the player loses? That the organiser of each game wins in the long run is in principle self-evident. Or rather, there were certainly those who lost. The emphasis here is on “gave”. These disappear again. But the conclusion that the player always loses is at least not trivial, rather incorrect. The…
1) The meaning of luck and bad luck “A thimbleful of luck is worth more than a bucketful of skill”. Well, this is one of the most sensitive topics. Dealing with it is really not easy. What do you mean by that? Of course, no problem, everyone knows the terms and uses them. But what…
Is there a truth? One could approach the question or, consequently, the problem raised in many ways. One example would be: it is a word. Every word would have its meaning and its justification. It is thought up by man, as a rule with the intention of abstracting something observed by him, of putting it…
1) The importance of play: As humanity has progressed, also commonly called progress, we have managed to make the most valuable luxury good more and more available to us. This luxury good is time. So after the duties are fulfilled, you have free time. And how do you prefer to spend your free time? With…
A chapter on gambling addiction is a must. The question that you want to ask me must be obvious, it must be imposing: “Are you addicted to gambling yourself? So far you have only thought so, but nevertheless: you do ask yourself, you simply have to ask yourself. But you may even ask me. In…
In my opinion, it is always worthwhile to look a little behind the motivation for playing, both in children and adults. This may well reveal the dangers that play entails, but it can also illuminate the sheer joy it can bring, on the one hand, but also serve as motivation itself. And why not? With…
To make sure that you are sufficiently bored while reading, I also have to talk a little about paradoxes. The (im)point of it is that you have to strip away prejudices when you think about it. And prejudices include snap judgements. Overall, I find it generally helpful in life to approach many things without prejudice.…
14) More about luck… Here is another little anecdote about what can happen to you: I played Black Jack one evening in the casino. I don’t remember whether I won or lost. In any case, I had chips in my pocket. I walked past a roulette table. The ball was rolling. I was struck by…
Nothing is (real) Surely you could tell in the course of reading that I have a certain penchant for philosophising. And I don’t know how it is that you always reflexively think: philosophising is blah blah blah. Is the word even used synonymously (something like: “Now he’s starting to philosophise again.” Meaning: switch off)? I’m…
Another chapter that serves to introduce a world view based on thinking in probabilities. Everyone surely has a certain idea of the “Murphy’s law” that is so often quoted. Here we look a little more closely at where this actually comes from. The assertion stands that the view expressed here so far still differs from…
