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January 25, 2007
Genesis: The Lost Words
In the beginning, The Lord bestowed upon Adam econometric models.
Sayeth The Lord: “Look upon Me and know Me, my child, and know that I bestow upon thee these powerful tools.”
And Adam replied: “My Lord and Savior, my gratitude is beyond measure, but…and I hate to quibble with your infinite wisdom, kindness, and generosity,... b-but the snake in yonder apple tree tells me that these models are not convincingly identified”.
Sneereth the Lord: “Did I forget to mention, my child, that they are also broken tools? That is my divine punishment for your sinful descendants, who will one day forsake my house on each Sabbath to instead worship the abomination that will come to be: The Sunday NFL Pre-Game Show.”
Adam began to cry. At this moment, and in this place, he came to know three terrible things: first, that his would be the seed of sin.
And second, that no matter how much the sons of men tortured their data, it would never honestly confess.
And third, that he had been born centuries before football.
Addeth the Lord: “Oh, and my child, I am a terrible and vengeful God, and just to prove it I create a terrible new species, the economist, from the seed of the snake in yonder fruit tree. He will seize from thee these tools, and use them in poisonous ways... You might as well go ahead and have that apple he’s been offering you. You’re basically screwed anyway.”
Posted by dag at January 25, 2007 11:32 AM