Rasmus writes: >>>> When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? >>> >>> If the facts have been changing once, I can wait for them to change >>> again. Or they may not even be facts after all. :-) > > Perhaps that opinion is too dear for some practitioner, as Lord Keynes > was when he allegedly spoke those words. What if the 'facts' only > converge back to your preferred state in the long run, when we are all > dead? :)
The original quote[1] is really a lot better and I have much more trust in its accuracy than the later quote you gave: "When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?" I don't know why it was altered to the second, I'll give that it is punchier at first sight due to that double "change", but it makes a lot less sense. It may have been saved if it started "When I learn of new facts,…", but that loses some punch again. [1] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada
