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tskjtoday at 4:51 PM0 repliesview on HN

I agree it does seem pretty plausible as some kind of iterated / timeless theory divorced from reality, but especially the assumption that time is irrelevant to the buyer seems completely fanciful. I am usually all for theories that make idealized assumptions and think there's merit to approximations, but this is so egregious--there will never be any market or situation that is anywhere close; and the theory completely breaks down if the assumptions aren't utterly fulfilled. That makes it not even of academic interest, it's completely useless even as a theory.