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Comment on Reincarnation by Lyle Sanford

Lyle Sanford — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:46:01 +0000

Please forgive the off topic comment – just want to say I was floored by your positive review of Rupert Sheldrake and his new book. I read some of his writing a decade or two ago (morphogenetic fields) and was peripherally aware of this new one. Due to your recommendation will be getting a copy.

As to the reincarnation, some have gone at the problem by getting past life memories and then trying to validate them in the historical record. A man at the University of Virginia had some success with that approach. Not sure why that falls out of your possible tests.

Comment on Markets as feedback mechanisms by peter

peter — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:14:47 +0000

Thanks, Tom. In the mid 1990s, I worked in Russia alongside telecommunications engineers who had operated the telecoms network of the former USSR. In some places, switches and lines were still in use that had been installed before the Revolution, ie, eight decades earlier. (It is indicative of the skills of these engineers that they were able to keep such antiquated equipment working, one of the many reasons that companies such as AT&T located telecoms research labs in the former USSR after 1991.)

Comment on Markets as feedback mechanisms by tomslee

tomslee — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:22:48 +0000

Thanks for the link to my review and for your other observations. Your examples of long timescale decisions are fascinating – I had no idea that telecommunications cables were expected to last so long.

A thematically related book (“Everything is Obvious” by Duncan Watts), which I liked more, points out that the idea of an “event” is often artificial – imposed on history after the fact – which may be one more factor to add to your Complex Decisions post.

Comment on Tim Harford at LSE: Dirigisme in action by peter

peter — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:48:55 +0000

Thanks, Tim. My next post shows I’m even less satisfied by what I take to be your claim about the effectiveness of markets as feedback mechanisms. Perhaps they are for fmc (fast-moving consumer) goods and services, and for consumer durables. But anything longer term, in my extensive experience of marketing planning, is questionable.

Comment on Tim Harford at LSE: Dirigisme in action by Tim Harford

Tim Harford — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:21:48 +0000

Hi Peter,
I think the simple answer to your unshouted question is that I discussed the biological and ecological metaphors in detail the previous night at the RSA – and somewhat, too, the subsequent night at the Royal Institution. Sorry that you came to a talk which did not satisfy you.
Best,
Tim Harford

Comment on Breakfast with Rhythmica by peter

peter — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:13:59 +0000

Thanks, Geoff. I’ve updated the audience figure. Thanks for organizing such a great festival.

Comment on Breakfast with Rhythmica by Geoff Matthews

Geoff Matthews — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:56:53 +0000

Hi -great review. Audience was actually nearer 150 but who cares!
Rhythmica were one of Jazz on a Winter’s Weekend 2011 highlights.

Geoff
Festival Director
Jazz on a Winter’s Weekend
Southport Jazz

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Comment on Monty under Howard Hawks by Inverness

Inverness — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:39:59 +0000

I often wondered why the New Yorker never did a story on him, myself. And yes, such a superb technician wouldn’t need tips from a Hollywood director, even one as good as Hawks.

Plus, as much as I love Clift in Red River, I wouldn’t describe his performance in that movie as “some of his best work.”