From The “Vanity of the Philosopher”:
‘What does the price of tea in eighteenth century China have to do with Bishop Berkeley’s theory of vision?’ If you have to ask such a question, you haven’t spent enough time around my colleague David M. Levy. David combines expertise in Adam Smith, ancient Greek democracy, non-normal distributions, Victorian literature, and advanced Monte Carlo techniques.
OK, I’m hooked. I may have to check out Levy’s book.