it's true that you didn't draw out the conclusions you had come to from all of the
quotes from Mirowski. As far as I could tell, you were saying that because Nash was
crazy, NE was wrong in some sense. I feel it's enough to think that NE is wrong due to
other reasons.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Winslow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed 5/19/2004 4:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Mirowski on Nash's "brilliant insight"
Jim D. wrote:
> just because Nash was crazy doesn't mean that he was always wrong.
Who are you arguing with here?
What specifically from the summary of his ideas by Mirowski would you
select as demonstrating brilliant insight into human motives and
behaviour? He believed himself possessed of such insight, of course,
and able to achieve it without any contact with others, which was
fortunate since his paranoia prevented such contact.
Ted
