Posted in Climate Change, Favorite Quotes on Feb 6th, 2008
“The only function of climate forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” If we are uncomfortable with economics forecasting why do we think we can do a better job forecasting climate changes with even less empirical data?
Posted in Climate Change, Favorite Quotes on Dec 29th, 2007
“Where facts are few, experts are many.” Donald R. Gannon I guess this sums up my opinion about climate change predictions.
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Oct 23rd, 2007
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” Albert Einstein
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Sep 25th, 2007
“Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work.” Gallagher
Posted in Climate Change, Favorite Quotes on Sep 10th, 2007
Recently I saw an article on the Register that caused me to think about the basics of statistics again. Although I have learned a lot about statistics in the class room, that is not enough. It is through the frustrations of real life applications that you learn the true nature of statistics. As Benjamin Disraeli [...]
Posted in Favorite Quotes, Movie Reviews on Jul 29th, 2007
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.” William James This quote reminded me of a bonus feature that came with the DVD for “Children of Men” called “The Possibility of Hope”. The movie was a good sci-fi movie if you did not think too much about how [...]
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Mar 19th, 2007
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you’re good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe… combat some of the ugliness in the world. Source: Quote Details: Goldie Hawn: Once you can laugh… – The Quotations Page
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Mar 11th, 2007
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” Link to Quotations from Mark Twain
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Mar 11th, 2007
“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” Link to Quotations from Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
Posted in Favorite Quotes on Jan 22nd, 2007
“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” Link to Otto von Bismarck
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