The Wildness Lies in Wait

February 14, 2008
By

The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.

-GK Chesterton

That by the way, is my favorite quote of all time. Its implications for those investors engaged in various forms of financial engineering are enormous.  Models are useful, until they very much are not.

Tags: , ,

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*


*


Attach a file Uploading File types: jpg, png, gif, zip, ppt, doc, pdf, xls, Max size: 1Mbytes, Max count: 3



Features

Thompson Creek
"Your Partners for a Life Lived Well"

Private Client Fee Only Advice

Click here

 

Email Newsletter icon, E-mail Newsletter icon, Email List icon, E-mail List icon Sign up for our Email Newsletter- The View From The Bluff
For Email Marketing you can trust
View Lance Paddock's profile on LinkedIn