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No, they feeling of being verified for what is a very obvious belief, compared to people going for the gold rush like fools...
For ever fool who loses money in the gold rush, there is a genius who made money.
Emm, this is not how a "gold rush" works.
The whole idea is that there were far more fools who lost money than geniuses who made money. If it was a 50% chance (1 foul for every genius) it would be a pretty damn decent proposition).
Not to mention that those (far fewer) who made money, made them by betting against the fools, and selling them shovels and stuff.