Monday, July 18, 2011

Dick Cheney's Erdos number

Yes, he has one, and it's probably lower than yours my friend:

"Cheney's Erdos number is no more than seven. He wrote his American Political Science Review article with Aage Clausen, who has coauthored with Greg Caldeira, who has co-authored with me, who has co-authored with Keith Krebiel, who has co-authored with John Ferejohn, who has co-authored with Peter Fishburn, who has co-authored with Erdos."

The "me" in the above quote is Tim Groseclose, one of the greatest Okies ever, and the quote comes from his awesome new book: "Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind" which drops tomorrow from St. Martin's press. The book is, as Tyler likes to say, self-recommending.

I could have had an Erdos of five, but I was such a crappy co-author that Tim kicked me off the project.

Update: Tim informs me that I'm not kicked off the project, it's just "indefinitely on hold".

5 comments:

  1. I think Groseclose is from Arkansas

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  2. LOL, I bet you do think that Tom, but he was born in TULSA, OK. Don't worry, you too are one of the greatest Okies ever!

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  3. Did Mike publish with Schofield? If so he's a 3 (Erdos -> Tovey -> Schofield). Or is he lower?

    I'm a 4!

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  4. Angus,

    You are already a 5, because Mungowitz is a 4 (Erdos -> Fishburn -> Samuel Merrill III -> Jay Dow -> Mungowitz)

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  5. Random economist9:07 PM, July 19, 2011

    My father (a chemist, who once coauthored a paper with a mathematician) has an Erdos number of 2! I should really coauthor with my father.

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