I expect continued economic performance from a guy who went from nothing to... $25B was the latest number I heard.

Empirically, I don't think Christians do worse investments than us atheists, so rationally speaking I don't think it's much of a factor.

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bawolff 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I expect continued economic performance from a guy who went from nothing to... $25B

I would expect a return to the mean

	▲	BurningFrog 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		He's been making big bucks for 30 years. That is his mean.
	▲	manmal 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		But why? He seems to know the right people, and is, uhm, ruthless - nothing changed.

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gopher_space 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How can you tell he’s a Christian? I only know him by his works.

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thrance 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He wrote a long rant about Greta Thunberg being the antichrist. I think that places him more in the "insane" box than the "christian" one, but still.

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nurettin 8 hours ago | parent [-]

The irony is killing me.

	▲	literalAardvark an hour ago \| parent [-]
		He misnomers a very special definition of antichrist that probably would include Greta (anyone who could encourage mass collectivism). Which would make him hilariously unaware of the irony of the antichrist saying someone else is the antichrist.

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andsoitis 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> How can you tell he’s a Christian?

Thiel has said so.

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lostmsu 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Empirically, I don't think Christians do worse investments than us atheists, so rationally speaking I don't think it's much of a factor.

Hm, why not? Like obviously it would be hard to do a study because you can't just control by wealth. But if you control by the level of education and stop at that I'm almost certain christians would lose.

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churchill 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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advael 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"From nothing" is a fairly suspect claim, but your overall point is a good one

	▲	BurningFrog 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Rounded to the nearest $0.001B, I think it's correct.