> "revolution" means going around in circles; > when you go around
in a circle you eventually get back to where you started; > isn't
that revolting?
>
>
Depends on the frame of the reference.
Take one in which the revolution is an uplifting spiral,
never repeating itself, always doing it one s
Harry wrote,
>I suggest that you don't fight it. It really is a great beginning tool for
>analyzing human behavior.
. . .
>You might like to try that - having failed with the Classical Assumptions.
Fight WHAT? Failed WHAT? It seems to me that you're exerting yourself more
than necessary to p
Tom wrote:
>I have to admit that there is a certain kind of "economy" (in the sense of
>parsimony) in the fact that you have managed to amuse yourself for half a
>century with a single solipsistic word game. A contemporary of Henry George,
>Lewis Carroll, described this word game in "Through the
I have to admit that there is a certain kind of "economy" (in the sense of
parsimony) in the fact that you have managed to amuse yourself for half a
century with a single solipsistic word game. A contemporary of Henry George,
Lewis Carroll, described this word game in "Through the Looking Gla
At 09:11 PM 10/22/97 -0700, Harry Pollard wrote:
>>>"Man's desires are unlimited";
>I don't mind the dictionary description of the term 'desire' - 'conscious
>impulse toward an object or experience that promises enjoyment or
>satisfaction in its attainment'.
OK, your claim is falsified. My des
Arthur wrote:>> They are:
>>
>>"";
>>
>>"".
>>
>> No exceptions allowed!
>>
>> The first, of course, means that that their can be no such thing as
>> unemployment - which might lead to some rewarding questions.
>>
>> The second accounts for some behavior that we are sometimes affronted by.
Allan Scharf writes:
The only problem with crime is that it is not in your self-interest. Not
many criminals are rich until they die of old age, enjoy respect and
self-esteem, get elected as president of the local service club, and can
stay in bed all night. When crime is in one's self interest,
Jay wrote:
>>Harry Pollard wrote:
>>The Classical Political Economy I teach has two Basic Assumptions. The
>>whole science rests on these two assumptions. In half century of teaching
>>adults, no-one has successfully responded to "Come up with two examples of
>>people not described by bo
- About human desires being limitless - I can't see anything
wrong with that. It is a rational assumption - through science
we are getting better and better approximations to the
physical/chemical/cosmic etc laws of the universe, and we
are producing the technology that makes life easier
Well, let's assume you are right. That your half century of teaching has
produced a profound truth and that this is the way it really is. Man's
desires are unlimited. Certainly the evidence in the daily paper seems to
substantiate this idea. Self interest reigns supreme. We, collectively,
sh
Arthur Cordell wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Harry Pollard wrote:
>
> > whole science rests on these two assumptions. In half century of teaching
> > adults, no-one has successfully responded to "Come up with two examples of
> > people not described by both Assumptions".
> >
> > They are:
> >
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Harry Pollard wrote:
> whole science rests on these two assumptions. In half century of teaching
> adults, no-one has successfully responded to "Come up with two examples of
> people not described by both Assumptions".
>
> They are:
>
> "Man's desires are unlimited";
>
>
Walter Derzko wrote (see below):
It's best for a basic assumption to be a self-evident truth. It's good not
to have too many, as errors are bound to creep in. (Bertrand Russell said
better to have 2 than 16.)
The Classical Political Economy I teach has two Basic Assumptions. The
whole
At 12:18 PM 10/20/97 -0700, Harry Pollard wrote:
>The Classical Political Economy I teach has two Basic Assumptions. The
>whole science rests on these two assumptions. In half century of teaching
>adults, no-one has successfully responded to "Come up with two examples of
>people not described b
What do you take for granted in your discipline ? Is it carved in stone?
What basic assumptions have been challenged in your field over the past
year ? What is it that you always took for granted but don't any more?
Here's my candidate for physics/chemistry.
Grade 10 physics and chemistry n
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