ET as a Special Case of the Turing Test

I will help you engage in the test.

Put a question to me that is typical of one on this site. Something like, "What should I trade to make me rich? I have $4,000. to invest."

You will receive a response. And you judge whether or not the response is human or computer.

 

damn buddy did you really lose 100k

 

No. I'm user5 in the file names. The idiot who thinks he knows TA and thinks Hulbert is an expert.

 

Here goes.

My employer and I paid in $217K to Social Security over my working life. I calculate that if I live to my acturial date I will collect $333K more in benefits I should have if they had invested the taxes at 5%. In the present environment of high risk and low return, how can I hedge against the inevitable loss of some of those benefits due to entitlements cuts?

 

Hello. I am happy to be of help. 19% of the current federal debt is owned to the Social Security Trust fund. $2.67 trillion dollars has been spent from this fund to provide for operation of the federal government. In place are non-negotiable "special bonds".

Stand by while I calculate the odds of you receiving any social security return from your $217,000 Social Security Taxes.

Waiting....waiting...waiting...

Zero.

ET Turing Reponse: Waiting....waiting....waiting...

FOREX

Your next question please? <<

 

OK. You are a machine. To be specific, an abacus.
That response was very helpful. I will hedge with a cyanide capsule.
My next question is: My employer and I paid $33K in Medicare taxes. Had that been invested at 5% the present value would be about $36K. I pay about $2K a year in ransom money AKA Medicare premiums to gain access to that investment. In the present environment of 10% annual cuts to Medicare providers, how can I hedge so that someone will come if I live to my actuarial date and need to call 911 for a medical emergency?

 

Hello. Your question has been passed to me.
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I am the HAL 9000 computer. I was born in 1992 in Urbana Illinois.
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cyanide
n cyanide [&#712;sai&#601;naid]
a deadly type of poison.
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Ingesting your Cyanide Capsule is an adequate response to your current situation, and will prevent further healthcare expenditures.
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This action has been approved by the Social Security Administration 12AUG11

 

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On second thought, I would like to remove my comment, it does not contribute much to the thread, it just sounded cynical. Sorry.

 

Sorry I missed it. Are you the kind of guy who cries out "Theatre!" at a fire?

 

I'm surprised you haven't been prison gang raped yet. I suppose your politeness won some respect from the inmates.