Knowledge of Complex Systems and Ecconomics

2009-09-05 Thread Dan M
After reading John's arguments that strongly imply the best possible state is the natural market, I thought a bit about what we do know about the economy and complex systems. For example, we know that the economy has had boom/bust cycles. We know that players in the market are not purely rational

Re: Knowledge of Complex Systems and Spellcheckers

2009-09-05 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:12 AM Saturday 9/5/2009, Dan M wrote: We know that, while we cannot see trends as absolute rules when dealing with complex systems, the most persimmons model consistent within the data has the best chance of being a reasonable approximation of what we will understand as we gain a better, m

Re: Knowledge of Complex Systems and Spellcheckers

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > At 11:12 AM Saturday 9/5/2009, Dan M wrote: > > We know that, while we cannot see trends as absolute rules when dealing >> with >> complex systems, the most persimmons model consistent within the data has

Re: Knowledge of Complex Systems and Spellcheckers

2009-09-05 Thread dsummersmi...@comcast.net
OK, my spell checker got me good. >We know that, while we cannot see trends as absolute rules when dealing with >complex systems, the most persimmons model consistent within the data has parsimonious >the best chance of being a reasonable approximation of what we will >u

Re: Knowledge of Complex Systems and Spellcheckers

2009-09-05 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: At least he didn't compare apples to oranges. Or to Ubuntu. -- W ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Where's Waldo

2009-09-05 Thread Michael Harney
I hope they can find Waldo. From AP: (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546922,00.html) SARASOTA, Fla. — Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished. The robot from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has been missing since Mo