Hello all,

This has happened recently. Dissident social critic
Jay Hanson (lots of essays at dieoff.org) - quite well
meaning ideas - is setting to attack economics and
economists [Not that there isn't some good in that!]

He found this study linking math-ability with 'psychosis':
http://tinyurl.com/3dg92
which I think is based on two separate things - the real
correlation between math and *autistic traits*, and the
very unfortunate conflation between autism and 'psychosis'.

He also found Adam Curtis' documentary movies
revealing mass manipulations in contemporary history
(again, good ideas in there) but stating:
" After John Nash was cured of his schizophrenia,
he admitted that his theories were "unsound."
<http://adamcurtisfilms.blogspot.com/2007/09/trap.html>
Unsound? What an understatement! "

I'm not even really sure how much "schizophrenia"
and how much "autism" was really in John Nash, and
what (or if really) was "cured" in him...

I would appreciate your advice on how to enlighten
and clarify this group on the differences on all these concepts.

If there is real blame, there would be in the multi-faced
NT economists and political types who used the math theories
of academic economics to cover up policies leading to
continuing the real evil in this world (that has been before too)...
exploitation of nature and humans close up to self-destruction.

Thank you for thinking about this,
Mircea Pauca, Bucuresti, Romania