What movies I’d like to make

There are some professions that are gritty and glamorous: doctors, lawyers, cops.  Think of all of the tv dramas, and it will involve one of these.  The doctor saves the patient’s life, but their own life is terribly conflicted.  Or the cop chases the bad guy, but is borderline criminal…

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Quantum theory and train passengers

I read some where that quantum theory wasn’t a theory about the behaviour of the very small, it was a theory about the behaviour of the isolated.  The argument goes that even you, if separated from other particles to interact with would start displaying quantum theory properties.  It just so…

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The Off Work Economist

Good Morning World!My name’s James Hogan, and I’m a practising Economist in a New Zealand Government department.   Importantly, I’m on holiday.  So, in between building websites, cleaning the house, and landscaping the section, I’ve got some time to read and keep abreast of the News of the Day.  And like…

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