glen e. p. ropella wrote:
It's not that some models
are more wrong than others. It's that models are rhetorical devices.
When you meet a person who really _believes_ her own rhetoric to the
extent that they are convicted, committed, and unwaveringly confident in
their own rhetoric ... well, then you KNOW you've got a certifiable
WACKO on your hands. Following their consulting would be like following
Jim Jones to Guyana ...
I think that in these circles if game theory makes propaganda more
compelling that is all that matters.
Why describe something when you can influence it?
Marcus
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