Comments on: Sir Isaac Newton is My Financial Idol http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/06/21/sir-isaac-newton-is-my-financial-idol/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:55:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Brad http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/06/21/sir-isaac-newton-is-my-financial-idol/#comment-62831 Brad Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:31:25 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/06/21/sir-isaac-newton-is-my-financial-idol/#comment-62831 I don't know about a financial idol, but Newton is a phenomenal idol to have if you're into math, any kind of science, or technology. Without Calculus the technological progress we have made in the last couple of hundred years would not be possible. Yay Newton! Brilliant man. I don’t know about a financial idol, but Newton is a phenomenal idol to have if you’re into math, any kind of science, or technology. Without Calculus the technological progress we have made in the last couple of hundred years would not be possible. Yay Newton! Brilliant man.

]]> By: EnoughWealth http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/06/21/sir-isaac-newton-is-my-financial-idol/#comment-62754 EnoughWealth Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:59:27 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/06/21/sir-isaac-newton-is-my-financial-idol/#comment-62754 He also made a bit of money at the start of the South Sea Bubble, then got too greedy and reinvested near the top and ended up losing money. There's a famouns quote of his: "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." So I wouldn't choose him as my Financial Idol ;) Regards http://enoughwealth.com He also made a bit of money at the start of the South Sea Bubble, then got too greedy and reinvested near the top and ended up losing money. There’s a famouns quote of his:

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”

So I wouldn’t choose him as my Financial Idol ;)

Regards
http://enoughwealth.com

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