[FoRK] Riddle me this...

[Jeff Bone]

On Dec 10, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Jeff Bone wrote:

> On Dec 9, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Kurt wrote:
>
>>
>> It's "okay" for other consumers to have their liberal beliefs;   
>> just if
>> those beliefs involve invisible equilibriums in the sky
>
> BTW,
>
> "Invisible hand" was clearly an unfortunate choice of terminology  
> on the part of Mr. Smith.
>
> This should be a cautionary tale on (a) the dangers of metaphors in  
> general, and (b) the specific danger of invoking spooky  
> supernatural imagery in explaining perfectly mundane natural  
> processes.

Also btw, which choice was entirely intentional on the part of Mr.  
Smith, who was indeed profoundly religious and actually saw his  
"invisible hand" as evidence of the existence and *action* of a  
benevolent and interventionist god.

jb