Monday, May 26, 2008

Freakonomics-Steven D Levitt & Stephen J Dubner

Some books are different from others, some books try to imitate others....this is one in the first category...A completely different perspective this books gives to its readers.

Is there any relation between
the school teachers and sumo wrestlers?
the ku-klux-klan and a real-estate agent?

Why do drug-dealers stay with their moms?
Which is more dangerous - the gun or the swimming pool?
Do parents really matter?

Some of these questions are absurd...some look illogical...this book breaks these boundaries which we have self-imposed. Kindles in us the spark ok questioning...what we think may not be related may be related...

Another interesting way of looking at the book can be through the lens of causality and the correlation. Causality is hard to prove...I doubt sometime and feel there is no causality...a high correlation is what makes us feel causality...Interesting... I let others ponder over this for some time...am sure this will give an interesting insight...

An interesting read...Go ahead and read when you think the world is only the way you think it can be...

link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics
http://freakonomicsbook.com/

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