Comments on: It's Better To Earn It http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Virility http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14063 Virility Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:21:42 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14063 “lucky sperm theory" LOL!!!!!! that was pretty hilarious. Most of the people now a days are earning a low amount of money guess it still has to do with the economic downturn. “lucky sperm theory” LOL!!!!!! that was pretty hilarious. Most of the people now a days are earning a low amount of money guess it still has to do with the economic downturn.

]]> By: Virility http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14062 Virility Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:21:42 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14062 “lucky sperm theory" LOL!!!!!! that was pretty hilarious. Most of the people now a days are earning a low amount of money guess it still has to do with the economic downturn. “lucky sperm theory” LOL!!!!!! that was pretty hilarious. Most of the people now a days are earning a low amount of money guess it still has to do with the economic downturn.

]]> By: CristianStar http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14061 CristianStar Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:37:25 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14061 Money is the root of all evil in the world, someone once said. From my point of view, we could build a society that doesn't need money at all, but there are people that think that money is the basic brick of the human being: they rule the world at the moment... <br>__________________________________<br><a rel="follow" href="http://www.cryobank.com/How-It-Works/Insemination-Countdown/" rel="nofollow">Donor Insemination</a> Money is the root of all evil in the world, someone once said. From my point of view, we could build a society that doesn't need money at all, but there are people that think that money is the basic brick of the human being: they rule the world at the moment…
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]]> By: Justin http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14060 Justin Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:58:04 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14060 What's worse, the phrasing of the luck question seems to very poorly match inherited wealth. I can imagine someone admitting "yeah, I was lucky" but without finding the phrase "was in the right place at the right time" to be too apt (as the lucky sperm reference makes clear). As for the latter questions--what weight should we really put in people's claims about the causes of their happiness? Seems like exactly the sort of question where one doesn't trust auto-theorizing, and should instead go for indirect evidence. What’s worse, the phrasing of the luck question seems to very poorly match inherited wealth. I can imagine someone admitting “yeah, I was lucky” but without finding the phrase “was in the right place at the right time” to be too apt (as the lucky sperm reference makes clear).

As for the latter questions–what weight should we really put in people’s claims about the causes of their happiness? Seems like exactly the sort of question where one doesn’t trust auto-theorizing, and should instead go for indirect evidence.

]]> By: none http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14066 none Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14066 What's worse, the phrasing of the luck question seems to very poorly match inherited wealth. I can imagine someone admitting "yeah, I was lucky" but without finding the phrase "was in the right place at the right time" to be too apt (as the lucky sperm reference makes clear). As for the latter questions--what weight should we really put in people's claims about the causes of their happiness? Seems like exactly the sort of question where one doesn't trust auto-theorizing, and should instead go for indirect evidence. What’s worse, the phrasing of the luck question seems to very poorly match inherited wealth. I can imagine someone admitting “yeah, I was lucky” but without finding the phrase “was in the right place at the right time” to be too apt (as the lucky sperm reference makes clear).

As for the latter questions–what weight should we really put in people’s claims about the causes of their happiness? Seems like exactly the sort of question where one doesn’t trust auto-theorizing, and should instead go for indirect evidence.

]]> By: Kevin B. O'Reilly http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14059 Kevin B. O'Reilly Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:48:13 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14059 I agree with markfarner that there's some poor wording. More interesting results might have been yielded, perhaps, with a statement such as, "I deserve the money I have." I agree with markfarner that there’s some poor wording. More interesting results might have been yielded, perhaps, with a statement such as, “I deserve the money I have.”

]]> By: Kevin B. O'Reilly http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14067 Kevin B. O'Reilly Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14067 I agree with markfarner that there's some poor wording. More interesting results might have been yielded, perhaps, with a statement such as, "I deserve the money I have." I agree with markfarner that there’s some poor wording. More interesting results might have been yielded, perhaps, with a statement such as, “I deserve the money I have.”

]]> By: markfarner http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14058 markfarner Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:41:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14058 If the report is accurate, the statement was not "the money I HAVE has come from being in the right place at the right time", it was "the money I have MADE". I would submit that even the most spoiled trust-fund kid would be able to distinguish between his inheritance and money he has earned through labor of some sort. I would also submit that the prevalence of poorly-worded questions such as this make putting any stock in surveys a fool's errand.... If the report is accurate, the statement was not “the money I HAVE has come from being in the right place at the right time”, it was “the money I have MADE”. I would submit that even the most spoiled trust-fund kid would be able to distinguish between his inheritance and money he has earned through labor of some sort. I would also submit that the prevalence of poorly-worded questions such as this make putting any stock in surveys a fool’s errand….

]]> By: markfarner http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14065 markfarner Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14065 If the report is accurate, the statement was not "the money I HAVE has come from being in the right place at the right time", it was "the money I have MADE". I would submit that even the most spoiled trust-fund kid would be able to distinguish between his inheritance and money he has earned through labor of some sort. I would also submit that the prevalence of poorly-worded questions such as this make putting any stock in surveys a fool's errand.... If the report is accurate, the statement was not “the money I HAVE has come from being in the right place at the right time”, it was “the money I have MADE”. I would submit that even the most spoiled trust-fund kid would be able to distinguish between his inheritance and money he has earned through labor of some sort. I would also submit that the prevalence of poorly-worded questions such as this make putting any stock in surveys a fool’s errand….

]]> By: Christopher Monnier http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14057 Christopher Monnier Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:58:11 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14057 > <i>I especially like the luck result. It’s hard work getting born to the right parents.</i> The chances that any single human would be born are essentially zero. The right sperm and the right egg not only from your parents, but also their respective parents and their respective parents etc. etc. all the way back to whenever... > I especially like the luck result. It’s hard work getting born to the right parents.

The chances that any single human would be born are essentially zero. The right sperm and the right egg not only from your parents, but also their respective parents and their respective parents etc. etc. all the way back to whenever…

]]> By: Christopher Monnier http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/19/its-better-to-earn-it/#comment-14064 Christopher Monnier Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1417#comment-14064 > <i>I especially like the luck result. It’s hard work getting born to the right parents.</i> The chances that any single human would be born are essentially zero. The right sperm and the right egg not only from your parents, but also their respective parents and their respective parents etc. etc. all the way back to whenever... > I especially like the luck result. It’s hard work getting born to the right parents.

The chances that any single human would be born are essentially zero. The right sperm and the right egg not only from your parents, but also their respective parents and their respective parents etc. etc. all the way back to whenever…

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