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
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