http://shkrobius.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] shkrobius.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] bravchick 2010-10-10 03:45 am (UTC)

You call THESE people idiots? The worst urban fires in the recent history were caused by applied mathematicians.

In the mid-1970s RAND corporation was hired by the NYFD to develop a game theoretical model aiming to save money by recommending what fire departments to close. The result was 1/4 of the South Bronx burning down in a series of firestorms. Check http://www.thebravest.com/FDNYNewsArchive/10/05/16a.htm

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