Scrivo ancora sulla polemica scatenata dal libro di Levitt e Dubner. Cìè un gustoso attacco su RealClimate di Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, un geofisico dell'università di Chicago (la stessa di Levitt) ad alcune considerazioni (ardite?) presenti nel libro.
What does the failure to do such basic thinking with numbers say about
the extent to which anything you write can be trusted? How do you think
it reflects on the profession of economics when a member of that
profession - somebody who that profession seems to esteem highly -
publicly and noisily shows that he cannot be bothered to do simple
arithmetic and elementary background reading. Not even for a subject of
such paramount importance as global warming.
