Monday, October 03, 2005

Chaotic Beginning


Let's start with a story told by Nobel laureate economist Franco Modigliani in his lecture "My evolution as an economist" at Trinity University in San Antonio on 24th March,1987.

The story is of an argument among a surgeon,an engineer and an economist. The problem was that each claimed that his profession was the oldest.The surgeon spoke first and said, "remember at the beginning when god took a rib out of Adam and made Eve? Who do you think did that? Obviously, a surgeon." The engineer, however, was undaunted by all this and said, "Just a moment.You remember that God made the world before that. He separated the land from the sea.Who do you think did that except an engineer?" "Just a moment", protested the economist, "Before God made the world, what was there? Chaos, Who do you think was responsible for that?"

Well....so, this profession makes you humble......makes you truthful and of course,makes you Chaotic!! True lies..huh?! Anyway, who cares!! One thing is certain - fun will be a part of our journey. Now fasten your seatbelts....be ready for an exciting adventure....enjoy your random time travel.

3 Comments:

Blogger Siddhartha Saha said...

Nice start buddy! Keep it going.

12:34 PM  
Anonymous Sandeep Bhowmick said...

A very nice idea!
In the midst of all of our chaotic existence, I wonder do rules really exist? In our overt dependence on scientific analysis of epistemological boundaries, don’t you think rules by themselves succumbed to a chaotic evolution?

4:30 PM  
Blogger Shatadru Gupta said...

Now I know whom to blame!

2:14 AM  

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