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I mean, it's common sense.

If I say... You can spend 100 dollars to have someone make a painting and you have a 70% chance of getting 200 dollars back.

You are more likely to do it then

If I say... you can spend 100 dollars to have someone make a paintingand you have a 70% chance of getting back 170 dollars.


If we lived in an imaginary world where buisnesses, companies and investors ALWAYS were going to make a proft, you might have a point.

We don't live in such a world.