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> The importance of economic facts may not be obvious to Americans. "What does the fish know about the water in which it swims?" asked Albert Einstein. Interes
by ramchip 15y ago
> The importance of economic facts may not be obvious to Americans. "What does the fish know about the water in which it swims?" asked Albert Einstein.
Interesting how that water and fish story repeats itself...
- gaius 15y agoIt is a ridiculous analogy tho'. What do humans know about the air we breathe? Well quite a lot actually. What do humans know about the ground we walk on? Ditto.
- gwern 15y agoAnd what did we know about air before the 1500s or so - for the last 50 millennia?
- asclepiades 15y agoWithout wanting to sound harsh, but we knew it existed and that one could not live without it.
- wgren 15y agoFrom studying sediments and vegetation - quite a lot actually.
- roundsquare 15y agoIs it really true that its not obvious to Americans? I think anyone even slightly tuned in to whats going on realizes that a lot of the problems now are based on a lack of proper information.