On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Williams wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Euan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I still have to build something with my understanding and it doesn't >>> help for people to keep saying 'let it sort itself out' because hammers, >>> wood and nails won't, no matter how much I will value the house, >>> construct one if I don't design it and organise the work. >> >> How incredibly egotistical and demeaning a statement. How are >> participants in a market equivalent to wood and nails for someone to >> hammer together? > > ???? > > The relationship between 1 and 5 is analogous to the relationship > between 1000 and 5000, but this does not imply equivalence.
OK, my statement above is wrong. Let me rephrase. An analogy does not necessarily imply equivalence. If I describe a star by saying it looks like shining a light through a tiny hole, am I implying equivalence? Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l