No, I'm just kinda ignint. But glibness is handy when talking to
politicians. You put something unfeasible but with obvious
applications in front of them, then they understand what it's for,
then you show them something feasible and explain how to use it.
Sorry, I said in the e-mail that I was kind of out of it...
On 12/5/05, Carlos Pizzarotti <ccpizzarotti at fibertel.com.ar> wrote:
>
> > Probably the most obvious
> application would be to generate an agent-based model of the American
> economy for the past 50 years, start it in 1950, get it to finish up
> in 2005 with results which match reality, <
>
> You fetch your Nobel before or after seeing the Senator?
>
> Sorry about the glibness, but but unless I'm really out of touch with the
> state of the art this kind of accuracy is not even remotely attainable
> today, and is debatable if we'll be ever be able to trust its predictions.
> I hope we?re not talking about massaging the rules in order to boost an
> agenda.
>
> Or maybe I didn't get the joke?
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> CC
>
>
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