I looked at his site briefly (I hated to drive up his stats in Google analytics, which I'm sure he monitors vigilantly).
I got a laugh out of his description of how a scammer can take advantage of a large audience and a .5 probability of being correct to groom a dedicated set of clients who believe you are a financial genius or other wizard who can predict the future. I recall this exact example as the basis for a story line of an old MathNet episode about 20 years ago. Anybody a fan of the old PBS kids programming to promote interest in math? It was a shtick on Dragnet with two deadpan uniformed mathematics agents (and frequent snarky comments inspired by the rivalry between Michigan and Michigan State). What a hoot! I wonder if Lutus is a fan? :-) As for his crackpot status, rather than refer him to psychologists for evaluation, I suggest we subject him to analysis by a mathematician (via The Crackpot Index - one of my favorite metrics). http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html Have a wonderful day . . . now I am going to start monitoring Nate (sigh). I say, Go West, young man! Claudia Stanny --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12516 or send a blank email to leave-12516-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
