Moving beyond "Reputation"--the Market View of Reality

[Steven Furlong]

Jim Choate wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Wei Dai wrote:
> 
> > But there is a scalar number attached to a person which deserves the name
> > "reputation capital", namely his own judgement of what his reputation is
> > worth.
> 
> What's your number?
> 
> People don't think of themselves as a '5'. Even Hitler thought he was
> the good guy in the fight.

Hitler wasn't the only one who thought he was a good guy. He was a
Catholic in good standing throughout his life, and viewed extermination
of Jews as holy work. After the failed assassination attempt in 1939,
when Hitler's views on and plans for Jews were widely known, the Pope
send him congratulations, and several cardinals and bishops were also
pleased.


> 'good', 'bad', etc. are most certainly NOT scalar.

Nor are they transitive. See above.


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Steve Furlong, Computer Condottiere     Have GNU, will travel