If that is true, does it follow this idea does not actually have a lot of value?

Student: Look, there’s hundred dollar bill on the ground! Economist: No there isn’t. If there were, someone would have picked it up already.

To wit, it's dangerous to assume the value of this idea based on the lack of public implementations.

	▲	lukas099 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If the hundred dollar bill was in an accessible place and the fact of its existence had been transmitted to interested parties worldwide, then yeah, the economist would probably be right.
	▲	NavinF a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		That day the student was the 100th person to pick it up, realize it's fake, and drop it
	▲	dotancohen 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In my opinion, a refined analogy would be: Student: Look, a well known financial expert placed what could potentially be a hundred dollar bill on the ground, other well-known financial experts just leave it there!

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