[lbo-talk] Wealth Distribution & Kinetic Theor

[Miles Jackson]

Charles Brown wrote:
> 
> 
> Agreed.  The use of the word "obey" is not felicitous, but that was not my
> original question.  If the Gibbs distribution, meant to model an ideal gas,
> can also model wealth distribution in certain diverse societies -- 19th
> century Europe, 20th century India and Japan -- what does that say about the
> model and about wealth distribution.  Sorry for the bad grammar.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> ^^^^^^^^
> 
> CB: The explosion cloud of an atom bomb is similar to a mushroom. What does
> that mean ?      A certain constellation of stars looks like a big dipper.
> What does that mean ?

CB provides lovely Wittgensteinian koans here.  Brilliant.

Miles