Why is "shiny rock" real value, but "cryptographic hash" not? Both are scarce, both are valued by people. The only difference is, one exists in physical space. The value of Bitcoin is no more or less "real" than that of gold, land, or stocks.
Do you honestly think centuries of theologians just didn't think of that? When your eight year old daughter happens to "disprove" a two thousand year old belief system, think a bit harder.
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who is famous for his defense that religion is not incompatible with science? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-overlapping_magisteria
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I thought Ted Stevens established for Congress a long time ago that the internet wasn't a big truck?
My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and, uh, capsize.
Why is "shiny rock" real value, but "cryptographic hash" not? Both are scarce, both are valued by people. The only difference is, one exists in physical space. The value of Bitcoin is no more or less "real" than that of gold, land, or stocks.
"Bitcoins have no inherent value." Nothing has any economic value except what people give it. Bitcoins are no different from gold, from apples, or anything else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_theory_of_value
Do you honestly think centuries of theologians just didn't think of that? When your eight year old daughter happens to "disprove" a two thousand year old belief system, think a bit harder.