DO PNM BLOGGERS HAVE A ROMANIAN CONNECTION ?
First I need to say ” Thank You” because Dr. Barnett allotted a generous amount of space today on his blog for my commentary on his Deleted Scene on System Perturbation– very generous because it turns out that I am quite a wordy bastard – and then he added his own comments to my commentary. In Tom’s words, ” a megaposting”. For those of you who came here from elsewhere than Dr. Barnett’s blog, here are his links:
Dr. Barnett’s Intro.
Post I.
Post II.
Post III.
Post IV.
Post V.
PostVI.
Post VII.
Post VIII.
After reading these straight through I’m kind of longing for some greater mathematical ability – I’m pretty confident System Perturbations will later prove to have some validity as a predictor and not just as a strategic concept. Most likely, Bayesian probality theory analysis will be involved to some degree but unfortunately that’s the extent to which I can take my speculation. Maybe Dr. Barnett needs to brief the NSA cryptological brain trust and bestir their professional interest.
Another thing I noticed today is that in the backgrounds of a lot of the bloggers who have posted extensively on PNM have some interest or connection with Romania. Dr. Barnett, who holds a doctorate in Poli Sci, previously wrote a book on Communist Romania’s foreign policy. I wrote my thesis for my MA in History on American-Romanian relations during the Nixon administration, emphasizing the connection to Nixon’s China policy. TM Lutas, interestingly enough, actually is Romanian ! I’m not sure what this means but if Dave Schuyler, who is working on a Wave Theory post for the Core-Gap relationship, has ever visited Bucharest or something similar I’m going to fall off my chair.
December 13th, 2004 at 10:42 pm
No, no Romanian connection here. I do like mamaliga, however. đŸ˜‰
Mircea Eliade, the scholar of religions and aesthetics, believed that practically anything of religious, artistic, or historical significance had its origins in Romania. Oddly enough he was Romanian.
December 14th, 2004 at 11:47 pm
Heh. Well you anted up well regardless Dave.
How’s the Wave coming ?