Robert Myers wrote:
>On Oct 13, 8:05 pm, Del Cecchi` <dcecchinos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Robert Myers wrote:
>
>>
>> > Because (to a very good approximation) the movements of celestial
>> > bodies obey laws doesn't mean that anything else does. Inventing
laws
>> > based on incomplete information is not even not science. It is
>> > superstition.
>>
>> Actually it is science. Everyone from Charles Darwin to Stephen
Hawking
>> has done so.
>>
>Darwin conjectured. His conjecture had more far-reaching implications
>than he imagined or than most still realize. His conjectures have
>attained the status of theory through many, many, many experiments. I
>think the jury is out on Hawking. Physics is a mess. Great for
>movies, TV specials, and wild Slashdot conversations.
It's pure superstition, I tell ya!
>No one ever has complete information, and philosophers of science will
>argue about what the appropriate standards are, but free market
>"theory" would not pass anyone's test for science.
It has no basis in logic at all! It's just a religion!
>> > People do this constantly. They notice pattens and they invent
>> > rules. They think they are much smarter and much more insightful
than
>> > they are.
>>
>> Actually they made a logic rule "correlation is not causation". People
>> do all sorts of stuff.
>>
>There is apparently survival value in noticing correlations, but it
>isn't theory, it certainly isn't science, and it leads to many, many,
>many wrong conclusions. The extreme form is called paranoia.
It's not perfect, it must be bad!
>> > The shuck of free market "theory" is that, well, ok, so individuals
>> > often get it wrong. In the aggregate, markets get it right/ Where's
>> > the proof? It is pure superstition.
>>
>> Who ever said aggregate markets get it first time every time? Sounds
>> like a straw man to me. You have heard of "extraordinary delusions and
>> the madness of crowds", right? It is just that free markets, like
>> democracy, seem to do better than any other system that has been tried.
>>
>We are watching a test in real time of your beliefs. If we are very,
>very, very lucky, you and so many others will not be proven wrong.
The experiement just started this year, in fact!
>> I still don't understand what your real issue is? Is it just a scream
>> of primal rage at the success of x86?
>>
>If there is ever an expression of primal rage from me, you don't want
>to be anywhere nearby.
>
>I quoted a New York Times blogger about an AMD financial deal. As
>usual, I got bashed, because I said something the local yahoos don't
>want to hear. If there is a primal scream, it is about being
>patronized by people with a very limited view of just about
>everything.
>
>As it happens, what the amdroids here take to be good news about AMD
>is just more bankers and consultants collecting fees.
Yes, you know so much more about it than AMD's execs! You know for
sure that it is not a good move on their part!
>No wonder the world is run by idiots.
We can't all be as brilliant as you, Robert!
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