John Williams wrote:
So now you implicitly claim not only to be able to predict what would
happen if the government did not intervene immediately after the
various investment bank problems, but also what would have happened
many months after that under the influence of unknown intervention
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:50 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
I think it's disingenuous to say that we had no idea what would have
happened. Many more banks would have failed,
Yes, but that is not
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
In a baseball game, if an error is made on a play that would have
ended an inning and a number of runs are scored afterwards, its not
much of a stretch to say that if the error had not occurred, the runs
wouldn't have
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Nick Arnettnick.arn...@gmail.com wrote:
It makes a lot of sense to me to intervene as little as possible, but you
seem to be arguing that any intervention is wrong. How do you buy time to
fix the system? Do you let the whole thing collapse just to make sure
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:22 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote
You are implicitly making a prediction -- that the consequences would
have been the worst if there were no immediate government
intervention. I have seen no evidence of the accuracy of your
predictions, in fact, I
Rob, we're having some talk of medical school in Austin. I haven't seen new
construction on that, though. If there is new construction, I could be
totally clueless right now, though.
No new hospital construction *now* that I know of in Austin. They put up 2
in Round Rock east of IH-35 -- a
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Nick Arnettnick.arn...@gmail.com wrote:
What predictions of mine have been unreliable?
Real estate investment.
So, you're saying that Bernanke, etc., didn't have enough information to
make the decisions they made? They should have taken advantage of further
John Williams wrote:
Taking a complicated situation and equating it to a simple one, and
then assuming that what holds for the simple situation holds for the
complex one, is likely to lead to incorrect information, flawed
decisions, and overconfidence in one's ability to predict the
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
I'm not trying to say that the cone is the same as
the building, only that they have similarities in shape.
In which case, the analogy is useless for drawing conclusions, unless
you first list every similarity and difference
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From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:14:11 -0700
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Ben Bernanke, fearless leader
Taking a complicated situation and equating it to a simple one, and
then assuming that what holds for the
I will not brew Decaf.
Decaf is the mind-killer.
Decaf brings the little sleep
that leads to total oblivion.
I will embrace my caffeine.
I will brew my beverages and
let them... flow through me,
and when they are gone,
I will remain...alert
xponent
Findings Maru
rob
I origionally just hit reply to while multitaking and the returned it just
to John. I'm sorry that it didn't go to the list, but I'm using my
portable which does not have my main sorter. BTW, the below is not
intended as a flame, but an accurate statement of what the posts indicate
to me. I
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Behalf Of Rceeberger
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:16 PM
To: Brin-L
Subject: Posted in a workcube
I will not brew Decaf.
Decaf is the mind-killer.
Decaf brings the little sleep
that leads to
rob wrote:
I will not brew Decaf.
Decaf is the mind-killer.
Decaf brings the little sleep
that leads to total oblivion.
I will embrace my caffeine.
I will brew my beverages and
let them... flow through me,
and when they are gone,
I will remain...alert
wtf are you doing in a workcube
Dan wrote:
I origionally just hit reply to while multitaking and the returned it just
to John. I'm sorry that it didn't go to the list, but I'm using my
portable which does not have my main sorter. BTW, the below is not
intended as a flame, but an accurate statement of what the posts
John Williams wrote:
In which case, the analogy is useless for drawing conclusions, unless
you first list every similarity and difference to the actual
situation. In which case, why not discuss the actual situation instead
of absurd burning building or sports analogies?
As for meaning of
Julia wrote:
Reply:
You can get that on a t-shirt. I gave such a t-shirt to my brother-in-law.
(His caffeine addiction is legendary. In fact, the first time I met him,
the biggest impression he made on me was with the concoction he was using to
stay awake for an all-nighter --
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:58 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net
dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
You are very very quite about yourself, but your posts indicate someone who
has never had to properly simplify a complex situation in order to succeed.
I don't think I've corresponded with anyone who
On Aug 30, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
rob wrote:
I will not brew Decaf.
Decaf is the mind-killer.
Decaf brings the little sleep
that leads to total oblivion.
I will embrace my caffeine.
I will brew my beverages and
let them... flow through me,
and when they are gone,
I will
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
How ironic is it that someone who claims to be such a libertarian is
so adamant about restricting my rhetorical style!
When did I claim to be a libertarian?
And why exactly am I obligated to discuss something with you that I
John Williams wrote:
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
How ironic is it that someone who claims to be such a libertarian is
so adamant about restricting my rhetorical style!
When did I claim to be a libertarian?
Perhaps you did not, I apologize if I
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
How ironic is it that someone who claims to be such a libertarian is
so adamant about restricting my rhetorical style!
When did I claim to be a
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Ben Bernanke, fearless leader
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
You are most definitely not obligated to talk about anything at all. I
was talking about your bitching about my use of analogy.
It was not bitching, there was a point I was trying to make: taking
a complicated system like
Oh, come on. You espouse libertarian ideologies constantly, Mr. Keep the
Government out of Everything, Please.
And what ideologies do you espouse?
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On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM, xponentrobxponent...@comcast.net wrote:
I find it humorous that those who believe in an invisible hand might ridicule
the belief in an invisible pink unicorn.
Not sure what invisible pink unicorns have to do with this thread.
But as for hands, there are
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