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qiy  ·  3257 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Admit it: you know nothing about economics.

    No, the article is intended to make you equate the mysteries of economics with mutherfucking medicine.

Whose researchers and practitioners are nearly as confused about as economists. Both fields feature a lack of experimental verifiability that should give us perpetual pause. The fact that we can't put people or societies in a box and poke them at will to verify hypotheses does mean that economists (and often doctors and medical researchers) do no know what the fuck they are talking about.

But, the mere fact it is hard doesn't mean everyone is an equal. You can understand some things about economy or medicine through study. That's tough and a valuable result, so I agree with the author of the article that this deserves soelme respect.





qiy  ·  3257 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have spent half a decade as an economics researcher and far longer as one in biology.

I find both fields incredibly prone to total confusion and story telling.

This does not make either one a failure. Both are capable of doing super useful stuff.

kleinbl00  ·  3257 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Whose researchers and practitioners are nearly as confused about as economists.

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