October 8, 2008
Flying Rule of Thumb: Three mistakes equals one crash."Events may now be driven by forces that are beyond short term human control, as if some dynamical system boundary into nonlinear response has been crossed. In that chaotic environment, Presidential leads don't switch on things like "who won the debate" any more than the financial meltdown is responding to bailout packages. They respond to a combination of things which we don't understand, though we pretend to. So we pull back on the stick and stomp on the rudder pedals but the crate just has a mind of its own." - Belmont Club » The second debate
Posted by Vanderleun at October 8, 2008 9:43 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.