tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post972479709356967255..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: After the BallGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-64284605081647010662012-10-29T10:22:53.505+13:002012-10-29T10:22:53.505+13:00Bets all in,
Cards all down,
Under your guiding ha...Bets all in,<br />Cards all down,<br />Under your guiding hand.<br /><br />The scalp-tingling press<br />of the adult's "hello"<br />Under your guiding hand.<br /><br />Need a quick word<br />Can you pop in?<br />Under your guiding hand.<br /><br />Just a proposal<br />Going forward<br />Under your guiding hand.<br /><br />Mouths to feed,<br />Angry birds<br />Under your guiding Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-26392978995802524222012-10-27T17:18:48.520+13:002012-10-27T17:18:48.520+13:00The Man is mortal.
The Man __will__ be gone-The Man is mortal.<br />The Man __will__ be gone-Keri Hulmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-35420809993993775702012-10-27T15:45:36.044+13:002012-10-27T15:45:36.044+13:00It's depressing, and surprisingly hard to arti...<i>It's depressing, and surprisingly hard to articulate just how wrong-headed this approach is. </i><br /><br />Word. I think at least part of the problem is that belief in scientific reasoning is higher than ever, and yet scientific reasoning somehow conflated into nothing but data analysis might end up being its own antithesis. How many people are ever going to get that?<br /><br />The Man&Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-35261025120880989252012-10-25T22:35:23.535+13:002012-10-25T22:35:23.535+13:00Great post, thanks! The 11-year-olds in the family...Great post, thanks! The 11-year-olds in the family are ever-so-keen to get onto facebook. But jeez- I can't imagine trailing around the sad tail of one's teens and twenties all my life. <br />And data and interpretation: gawd, this is the sad story of our managerial masters, the Vogons who are running things. Count count count. National Standards must be hidden in here somewhere. <br />Itrobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-79268190534545203502012-10-23T19:34:33.716+13:002012-10-23T19:34:33.716+13:00Yes, Key shows that you don't have to repress ...Yes, Key shows that you don't have to repress memories if you never form them. It's surprisingly profound.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28926288504754682162012-10-23T18:20:20.258+13:002012-10-23T18:20:20.258+13:00He was. Apperently he gave an inspiring speech abo...He was. Apperently he gave an inspiring speech about how twenty years from now nobody in the audience would remember how they felt about the defining issues of our age.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44179501238464754102012-10-23T18:12:21.738+13:002012-10-23T18:12:21.738+13:00Also, I assumed John Key had been shopped into tho...Also, I assumed John Key had been shopped into those photos. Was he really there?Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092996828683002246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-54366510229925731972012-10-23T18:10:59.794+13:002012-10-23T18:10:59.794+13:00Never give your real name anywhere. (Even where it...Never give your real name anywhere. (Even where it seems innocuous, like Facebook)<br /><br />That will at least slow the googlers down.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092996828683002246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-51297224527986043462012-10-23T15:48:12.426+13:002012-10-23T15:48:12.426+13:00I meant multiplier, not multiplicand. Although whe...I meant multiplier, not multiplicand. Although when it comes to trees, if you've got < 1 then practically that means you've got zero. So ironically I was technically correct without being correct in what I was meaning *at all*. Oh, the irony.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-87555022561178585122012-10-23T13:21:07.073+13:002012-10-23T13:21:07.073+13:00"We multiplied the number of trees."
&qu..."We multiplied the number of trees."<br />"But there was total deforestation!"<br />"We multiplied by zero."Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-48377266074023248462012-10-23T13:02:34.023+13:002012-10-23T13:02:34.023+13:00>Wait. Isn't that how you make a bigger for...>Wait. Isn't that how you make a bigger forest? <br /><br />So long as the multiplicand is > 1. I can just see an economist exploiting such an omission.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-63928703771111064052012-10-23T12:26:46.049+13:002012-10-23T12:26:46.049+13:00"The way to hide a forest is to keep multiply..."The way to hide a forest is to keep multiplying the number of trees."<br /><br />Wait. Isn't that how you make a bigger forest? <br /><br />(Great piece on Shearer's newfound patriotism, by the way, Chris.)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-9999913345337235172012-10-23T12:22:26.417+13:002012-10-23T12:22:26.417+13:00Ben, I like your strict logical truth but...http:/...Ben, I like your strict logical truth but...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum says no.<br />By being everywhere we find ourselves nowhere ;-)<br />Gah philosophers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-29177977258766115752012-10-23T12:20:01.291+13:002012-10-23T12:20:01.291+13:00>The answer lies somewhere in between - the par...>The answer lies somewhere in between - the paradox. But (wink Ben) any poet would say that ;-)<br /><br />I usually add "Or somewhere else entirely, or nowhere" for strict logical truth :-)Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44523575486091127482012-10-23T12:04:12.506+13:002012-10-23T12:04:12.506+13:00"...how do you repress a digital memory?"..."...how do you repress a digital memory?"<br />Easy, repress the memory of it. On the other had, how to repress a digital artifact?<br />Memory is a subject, artifact - an object.<br />The conundrum of all philosophers. That and reductio ad absurdum...<br />The answer lies somewhere in between - the paradox. But (wink Ben) any poet would say that ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-43980188993969559222012-10-23T10:49:41.870+13:002012-10-23T10:49:41.870+13:00The way to hide a forest is to keep multiplying th...The way to hide a forest is to keep multiplying the number of trees.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-27085533702770856142012-10-23T10:36:48.799+13:002012-10-23T10:36:48.799+13:00>If I had to settle for pursuing a single quest...>If I had to settle for pursuing a single question on this blog it would be this: how do you repress a digital memory? <br /><br />But you already answered it. Drowning it out, smothering it in more data. You've even pointed out that this already happens, all by itself, that the endless pursuit of more data is the very thing that hides the relevance and meaning of all the data.<br /><br />Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-59669334999955296422012-10-23T08:13:43.772+13:002012-10-23T08:13:43.772+13:00SublimeSublimeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com