On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Yeah but Kryptonite will render them useless.
After a particularly difficult caller on Science Friday the host
remarked about Belief Silos -- clusters of unrelated beliefs that
for some reason tend to be found together. I've been
...goes with magical thinking about free markets goes with ...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
*pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it.
[Waits for cranky, bilious rant filled with capitalist boogeymen, free
market strawmen,
On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
*pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it.
Economics was one of my major fields in grad school. It was a top
school -- one of our faculty won the Nobel Prize in Economics and was
Carter's Economics advisor. I then spent
Well Tom you know the real world definition of a PhD don't you?
Stewart
At 07:01 PM 6/1/2009, you wrote:
On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
*pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it.
Economics was one of my major fields in grad school. It was a top
Economics was one of my major fields in grad school. It was a top
school -- one of our faculty won the Nobel Prize in Economics and was
Carter's Economics advisor. I then spent a decade doing forecasting
and analytical work. So that would not apply to me.
Ah, appeals to authority. I left
On Jun 1, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Well Tom you know the real world definition of a PhD don't you?
I know what the bitterly ignorant like to call it. Di I care?
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On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
*pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it.
Paul Krugman offers a great explaination today...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/opinion/01krugman.html
On Jun 1, 2009, at 8:57 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
I'm sure he does a fantastic job on your confirmation bias. He
stopped
being an economist long ago.
You constantly reject insightful analysis by knowledgeable people in
favor of magical thinking. That is your belief silo. Q.E.D.
