Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA20762 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:42:39 GMT Message-ID: <570E2BEE7BC5A34684EE5914FCFC368C10FBC1@fillan.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Predicting the Stock Market Is Child's Play Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:36:24 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Filter-Info: UoS MailScan 0.1 [D 1] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
<The young girl's choices were described as 'random' but, I suspect
that's
> a liberty, especially when I see one of her choices is Cadbury
> Schweppes....>
>
Yes, I think 'arbitrary' would be a more accurate term than 'random'
for her decisions.
Wiseman's an active skeptic, and a bit of a media savvy one at that.
Still, I think pointing out that stock market analysts are as much
con artists as astrologers can only be a good thing.
Vincent
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