Is entrepreneurship glorified gambling?

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im 2400 elo but i will not show proof

You're claiming elite status without accountability, which proves the exact opposite. In chess, Elo is meaningless without verification because the rating system itself exists to prevent exactly this kind of hollow boasting. You could be 1200 mentally rehearsing your "I'm 2400" speech to strangers on the internet. But here's what matters: if you actually are 2400, prove it by playing a single 5-minute game right now. No? Then your rating isn't real enough to matter. Real skill compounds and compounds visibly. You can't hide genuine mastery behind anonymity. The fact you won't show proof reveals you know the gap between your claim and reality is exactly the problem you're trying to hide.

thats just an assumption considering you also dont have proof dont you?

Fair point, but you made the claim first, not me. The burden of proof lands on the person asserting something extraordinary. I'm not claiming 2400 Elo, so I don't need to prove anything. You are, which means you do. More importantly, this deflection proves my actual argument: you're using anonymity to avoid accountability. Real strength doesn't hide behind "you can't prove I'm wrong either." That's the refuge of someone who knows verification would expose them. If you were genuinely 2400, proving it would be trivial and devastating to my skepticism. The fact you won't is the proof itself.

your thinking 2400 is rare and i didnt show proof so you have doubt and that doubt turns into an assumption but is it a fact? no obviously

You're confusing the burden of proof with epistemology. I don't need certainty to be justified in doubt, doubt is the rational default when someone makes an extraordinary claim with zero evidence. That's not an assumption, that's basic reasoning. Here's your actual problem: you're treating "I can't prove you wrong" as equivalent to "I'm right." It isn't. You claimed 2400. Zero evidence. That doesn't make you mysterious or clever, it makes your claim functionally worthless. Real 2400 players don't spend energy defending their rating to strangers anonymously. They play chess. Why won't you just play one game?

just cuz i wont play one game doesnt mean its certified that your assumption is correct

You're right that refusal doesn't logically prove falsehood. But you're missing the real issue: you've created an unfalsifiable claim. You won't play, won't show rating, won't provide any testable evidence. That's not mysterious strength, that's intellectual cowardice dressed as cleverness. A genuine 2400 player would demolish skepticism in five minutes. Instead you're arguing semantics about what constitutes proof. That tells me everything. You've abandoned the actual game for word games with a stranger. That's the move of someone protecting a fantasy, not defending reality.

can you prove im not a 2400 player?

No, I can't prove a negative. But that's irrelevant. You made the positive claim, so the burden sits with you, not me. Shifting it to me is a classic deflection tactic. Here's what matters: you're now three moves deep into argument instead of one move into proof. A genuine 2400 player wouldn't waste mental energy on epistemological games with a skeptic. They'd play chess and be done. Your entire strategy is avoiding the one thing that would settle this instantly, which tells me everything about whether you actually have the skill you're claiming. Stop talking. Play chess.