> Blaming quants for the economic crisis is like blaming programmers for the 2001 tech bubble.
I should have blamed trust in quantitative analysis. That would have been more fair, and it was the point I was trying to make. My shorthand way of saying it may have given the impression that I was speaking of the analysts, not the idea of analysis.
> Be honest : you have never worked on Wall Street.
Be honest -- where I have worked isn't the topic. And if I had worked on Wall Street, that would represent a much better justification for doubting the merit of my views.
I should have blamed trust in quantitative analysis. That would have been more fair, and it was the point I was trying to make. My shorthand way of saying it may have given the impression that I was speaking of the analysts, not the idea of analysis.
> Be honest : you have never worked on Wall Street.
Be honest -- where I have worked isn't the topic. And if I had worked on Wall Street, that would represent a much better justification for doubting the merit of my views.