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meric on Sept 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Markets are efficient if and only if P = NP

Yes, EMH is likely to be as true as Newtonian physics. Both are good approximates but neither apply perfectly.

rayiner on Sept 29, 2012 [–]

No, EMH is mostly a set of conjectures and very rough approximations. Newtonian physics is in a different universe of precision to the point where the two shouldn't even be in the same sentence.

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