## [D]You know what would be interesting? Rationalist McDuck.

* Author: u/None *
* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/3b5pee/dyou_know_what_would_be_interesting_rationalist/
* Score: 19

* Created: 2015-06-26T04:34:30

### Post:

As in "Uncle Scrooge". It'd explain how he managed to own half the planet, too.

### Comments:

> **u/clawclawbite** [+13]  (12 hours later)
> 
> His secret is his wealth management via a holodeck with a full body haptic interface. By feeling the flows of money as virtual coinage, he can get a feel for the market unmatched by any normal analyst.

> **u/Transfuturist** [+7]  *Carthago delenda est.* (55 minutes later)
> 
> I loved the Scrooge McDuck comics as a kid. Rationalist McDuck would be a force multiplier on his awesomeness.

>> **u/callmebrotherg** [+7]  *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae* (an hour later)
>> 
>> This reminds me of the old "Whose hoard would you rather steal from: a dragon's or Scrooge McDuck's?" threads on /tg/. 
>> 
>> Even before his rationality force multiplier, nobody wants to steal from McDuck.

>>> **u/Transfuturist** [+5]  *Carthago delenda est.* (an hour later)
>>> 
>>> With a dragon, at least you can hide in a small space. McDuck will hunt you down and shove your head up your ass.

> **u/PeridexisErrant** [+4]  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life* (an hour later)
> 
> [Cash is a legitimate superpower](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrimefightingWithCash), if you have enough of it.

> **u/trifith** [+6]  *Man plans, god laughs. Like the ant and the grasshopper.* (12 hours later)
> 
> "Convert all my wealth to gold coins and go swimming in it? Are you nuts? I'm going to fund research into immortality."

>> **u/Transfuturist** [+9]  *Carthago delenda est.* (14 hours later)
>> 
>> The money bin is nowhere near his entire wealth. Those are merely his most liquid assets.
>> 
>> Geddit, cuz he swims in it? :D

>>> **u/Bowbreaker** [+2]  *Solitary Locust* (3 days later)
>>> 
>>> Actually there was one episode in which it was said that all the cash in his vault is merely that with some form of sentimental value. Fist coin earned on each venture and such.

>>>> **u/Transfuturist** [+2]  *Carthago delenda est.* (3 days later)
>>>> 
>>>> ...I don't think Scrooge is old enough to have that much sentiment.

>>>>> **u/Bowbreaker** [+1]  *Solitary Locust* (3 days later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Or he's just very sentimental. Don't forget that this also includes any coinage and such of any particular rarity. If I extrapolated it correctly it must be pretty much anything that has either symbolic or actual value greater than the number printed on top of it.

> **u/ancientcampus** [+4]  *juggling kittens* (a day later)
> 
> Heck, McDuck already *is* very much a rationalist. The stories about his early life and his road to wealth are full of ambition, risk taking where opportunity arises, and serious critical thinking. (as opposed to race cars, lasers, aeroplanes). Highly recommended.

> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+3]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (14 hours later)
> 
> If you rationalize Duckburg, you've got to explain Darkwing Duck as well, since he's in the same universe via Launchpad McQuack.

>> **u/Bowbreaker** [+1]  *Solitary Locust* (3 days later)
>> 
>> Isn't he in a different city though?

>>> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+1]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (3 days later)
>>> 
>>> St. Canard, yes, but it's still the same universe.

>>>> **u/Bowbreaker** [+1]  *Solitary Locust* (3 days later)
>>>> 
>>>> Sure. I just mean that as long as he doesn't have a large effect on either Duckburg or global business and economy he isn't needn't appear in more than a news article or so.

>>>>> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+1]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (3 days later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, yeh, you _could_ paper Darkwing over by not addressing him at all, but if you're doing a rational Barks universe that's kind of cheating.

> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+2]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (5 hours later)
> 
> OK, you go ahead and explain how he can literally swim through money.

>> **u/Transfuturist** [+6]  *Carthago delenda est.* (14 hours later)
>> 
>> He can swim through it because they're his most *liquid* assets. ;D

>>> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+3]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (14 hours later)
>>> 
>>> NOT HELPING :)

>> **u/None** [+3]  (7 hours later)
>> 
>> He's not perfectly rational. That's why he spent all that money on developing a gold-coloured gelatine additive that conceals into small disc shapes.

>>> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+2]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (8 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Congeals?
>>> 
>>> That... almost makes sense, but you still can't swim through jello like that.

>>>> **u/None** [+2]  (8 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> Oh, no, that bit's nanotech/superpowers/handwavium field generator beneath the pool.

>>>>> **u/FeepingCreature** [+6]  *GCV Literally The Entire Culture* (9 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Oh yeah, I _convinced_ the local council to adjust the coefficient of friction."

>>>>>> **u/None** [+7]  (9 hours later)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Local Council attempted to send a lightning bolt in retribution, followed by a host of tall winged figures named Erika wielding flaming swords.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Said tall winged figures are enjoying their Honolulu vacation house, and I finally got to test out that supercapacitor charge system.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I then winked at the Local Council, He grumbled, rolled His eyes, and did say: All Right, You Wrinkly Mallard, You Win This Time.

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