Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure, why let reality get in the way of your narrative?
Numbers are things some people use to try to make sense of a chaotic world. That, of course, can't be done (cue various Einstein quotes) A national budget, just like your home budget, is not an exercise in arithmetic rather it's an exercise in emotion. What we choose to spend our limited resources on is an expression of our feelings and values. The numbers are purely the translation for others. I'll give you an example from WB Yeats: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Would you analyze this by first attempting to approximate the radius of the gyre based on the average wingspan of a falco ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
