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Erratic calculus
Sep. 3rd, 2009 08:59 amRandom quote of the day:
"I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
—Sir Isaac Newton, after losing his life savings in a financial scandal, quoted in “The Damn’d South Sea,” Harvard Magazine, May/June 1999
"Irrational exuberance pervades the stock market. Speculators pay ever-higher prices for shares despite scant evidence of underlying value. Skeptics warn that the bubble will burst. This must be England in 1720…" Read the rest of this article on the South Sea Bubble financial scandal here. The more things change, the more, blah blah blah.
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handworn.)
( Illustrated version. )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
"I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
—Sir Isaac Newton, after losing his life savings in a financial scandal, quoted in “The Damn’d South Sea,” Harvard Magazine, May/June 1999
"Irrational exuberance pervades the stock market. Speculators pay ever-higher prices for shares despite scant evidence of underlying value. Skeptics warn that the bubble will burst. This must be England in 1720…" Read the rest of this article on the South Sea Bubble financial scandal here. The more things change, the more, blah blah blah.
(Thanks to
handworn.)( Illustrated version. )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
