Comments on: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds http://www.danielbbotkin.com/2007/04/20/extraordinary-popular-delusions-and-the-madness-of-crowds/ Reflections of a renegade naturalist Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lichanos http://www.danielbbotkin.com/2007/04/20/extraordinary-popular-delusions-and-the-madness-of-crowds/comment-page-1/#comment-8456 Lichanos Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:39:16 +0000 http://www.danielbbotkin.com/archives/extraordinary-popular-delusions-and-the-madness-of-crowds#comment-8456 I read this book in junior high. I found the stuff on alchemy tedious then, but I gained a life-long fascination with speculative bubbles from it! Would that the lessons of the Mississipi venture, Tulipomania, and the South Sea Bubble were always with us! I liked your book, Renegade Naturalist, but I'm not quite sure why you see yourself as a renegade. Is being thoughtful and open-minded that outré in the academic/ecology world? Too bad, if so. I read this book in junior high. I found the stuff on alchemy tedious then, but I gained a life-long fascination with speculative bubbles from it! Would that the lessons of the Mississipi venture, Tulipomania, and the South Sea Bubble were always with us!

I liked your book, Renegade Naturalist, but I’m not quite sure why you see yourself as a renegade. Is being thoughtful and open-minded that outré in the academic/ecology world? Too bad, if so.

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