Jay Hanson wrote:
[snip]
> JUST LIKE MAGIC
> by Jay Hanson
> Once upon a time, Daddy Economist, Mommy Economist, and a litter of little
> Economists were in a mountain cabin, sitting in front of a small
> coal-burning stove to keep warm. Although most people know that when coal
> burns, it's gone forever, Daddy Economist isn't worried because he was
> trained to believe that when the coal is gone, a substitute will magically
> appear. So when the coal is gone, he looks around, and his furniture pops
> into view -- just like magic! So Daddy Economist starts breaking up his
> furniture and burning it in the small stove.
[snip]
Hmmmh.... There's a big article in today's (26 July) Sunday
New York Times magazine about "Explornography" (<==I think
I've spelled that *right*): Comfortable middle-class
"Westerners" embarking on concocted
journeys of life-threatening
danger, for "the... thrill of exploring when
there's nothing left to explore". To reference something
Ray E. Harrell wrote recently, the big thing
this article (like James Randi...)
misses, is: *economi{st|c}s* [notation note: "{x|y}"
means: select and substitute either "x" or "y"].
\brad mccormick
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