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Searching for Equilibrium (Part 1)
I explain the purpose of my Project Simulator and my thoughts on how Limit Equilibrium analysis relates to what we care about.
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"Man seeks to form for himself, in whatever manner is suitable for him, a simplified and lucid image of the world (Bild der Welt), and so to overcome the world of experience by striving to replace it to some extent by this image"
Friedman explains this quote by saying the reality we inhabit is "too complex" to analyze directly. We have to "simplify …
"1. If it matters at all, it is detectable/observable. 2. If it is detectable, it can be detected as an amount (or range of possible amounts).3. If it can be detected as a range of possible amounts, it can be measured."
To bridge 1 and 3, if it matters, it can be measured. A key driver of much of the most …
"Does the number three exist in nature? What is the concept of three? So, when we are children, your mom says, 'That's three ducks,' or, 'That's three trees,' or, 'That's three dogs.' And, we form a concept that is the intersection of all these experiences we've had with three things, and this concept emerges of three. Three is a concept. So, this effortful goal pursuit is a concept that emerges, again deterministically, but it's a concept."
The quote continues, "And, just because it's a concept, doesn't mean it's less real. Is three less real to us? …