On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Tim May wrote:
I support this recommendation. A readable book for the layman (most of us), on a par with past classics like "Lying with Statistics" and "Lady Luck." Available in a trade paperback for about $15 or so.
The book I recommended a week or two ago, Judea Pearl's "Causality," is much more advanced in its mathematics. (But the math is important if one is actually trying to construct the causality diagrams Pearl is talking about.)
What I find funny about Tim's reading recomendation is that the vast majority don't back his anarchic claims and he has been unable over the years to use these self-same references to demonstrate his point. Hayek is a perfect point. Tim, draw us a causality diagram that demonstrates crypto-anarcy actualy works... ____________________________________________________________________ He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------