The distinguished economic historian Peter Lindert, who before his retirement had the office next to mine and who was a great good scholarly neighbor to me, tendered me the following after a session of explaining certain concepts to me. I thought I would share it with you all. If you don’t like it please blame Megan.
11 comments
March 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Megan
That leaves out at least one branch.
See two unusual instances –> get an idea –> see a third instance –> decide it is a law –> NO NEED TO TEST!!!
So much faster!
March 27, 2008 at 2:35 pm
green apron monkey
Lindert retired?
He was absolutely my favorite undergrad teacher.
March 27, 2008 at 2:51 pm
eric
He’s a great teacher. He’s just retired.
March 27, 2008 at 3:31 pm
ari
Send him an e-mail, gam, letting him know that you liked his classes. Those are the sorts of e-mails that faculty never tire of receiving.
March 27, 2008 at 3:43 pm
eric
Yeah, that’s a great idea.
March 27, 2008 at 4:22 pm
John Emerson
“The conclusion is when you stop thinking”.
March 27, 2008 at 4:33 pm
eric
So much faster!
That’s not the empirical algorithm, that’s trendspotting.
March 27, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Megan
There’s a difference?
March 27, 2008 at 8:15 pm
urbino
Yes. The former is an algorithm, while the latter is a mere participle, at best.
March 27, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Colin
Off topic, perhaps, Brad DeLong and his commenters have raised some questions that need y’all’s wisdom
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/03/barack-obama-hi.html
March 28, 2008 at 10:01 am
jim
Over at Calculated Risk, they’ve been discussing the “Zippy Cheats and Tricks” memo. It used the same flowchart.