Comments on: Learn some economics, be entertained… (part III) http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/ Sharpening my knife Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:32:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: swong http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 swong Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:19:03 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/#comment-1535 Yeah... I remembered the article, but I've never read the book. Ever since, I've thought of those "gut" calculations as "dog math." Really fun when you get into arguments with your mathematician friends over how much trig a basketball player needs to know. Yeah… I remembered the article, but I’ve never read the book.

Ever since, I’ve thought of those “gut” calculations as “dog math.” Really fun when you get into arguments with your mathematician friends over how much trig a basketball player needs to know.

]]> By: pushmedia1 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 pushmedia1 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:28:49 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/#comment-1533 swong, you've heard of <a href="http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_02_20_06.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>? swong, you’ve heard of this?

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Gabriel Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:43:29 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/#comment-1532 Or how pool players know Newtonian physics! Or how pool players know Newtonian physics!

]]> By: swong http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 swong Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:49:10 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2008/03/learn-some-economics-be-entertained-part-iii/#comment-1531 S'kind of like when dogs do differential calculus to figure out the optimal path to a stick thrown into a pond. S’kind of like when dogs do differential calculus to figure out the optimal path to a stick thrown into a pond.

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