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user-inactivated  ·  2688 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: By fetishising mathematical models, economists turned economics into a highly paid pseudoscience

If Alice does Bob's horoscope and Bob, believing it to predict his future, acts in accordance with it, then Alice's horoscope accurately predicted Bob's future behavior. I don't think comparing economics to astrology is unfair.