Mike
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Catherine Driscoll
<catherine.driscoll at usyd.edu.au> wrote:
> I am... but it seems to be a big nothing as yet. Nothing I can do there I can't do with more people elsewhere.
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> From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org on behalf of Ismail Lagardien
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Google Wave
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> Is anyone on this list subscribed to Google Wave... I was give access, but I don't have a way of "inviting" people so I may test drive the damn thing!
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> Aluta Continua!
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> From: Itamar Turner-Trauring (aka Shtull-Trauring) <itamar at itamarst.org>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Sent: Sat, 21 November, 2009 15:01:26
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] climate change
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> On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 11:21 -0600, Michael McIntyre wrote:
>> Taleb's approach wouldn't explain why different models consistently
>> predict the same trend.
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> Given lack of time to research the subject, I personally assume global
> warming is an actual real problem ... but such a belief ought not be a
> pre-condition for reducing emissions (and supporting reducing pollution
> in general.)
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> As far as matching models Taleb would no doubt point out that most
> economists' models showed that the chance of the financial crash we just
> experienced was nil. Saying the models have similar results in
> insufficient to argue they are correct. Taleb's position is not that
> global warming does or doesn't exist, just that over-reliance on
> incomplete models is problematic. What if in 10 years all the models are
> revised based on new theories or data and scientists conclude global
> warming isn't happening? Spewing out measurable amounts of CO2 is
> *still* a bad idea.
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