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Economic "science" (europe.pub)

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[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, scientists do that too, as a geologist, the hardest of hard sciences pun very much intended

We look at crystals like the dregs of tea leaves and isotope ratios like they're the entrails of a sacrificed animal.

As a common heard saying on mines, 3 geologists will have 4 opinions

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The difference is that economics is a social science, masquerading as a hard science. Nothing wrong with the social sciences but they often present themselves as though the results they've found are akin to a hard science experiment with the lowest R values on record. In fact, ironically, most economists tend to look down their noses at the other social sciences and I think it's causing them a lot of dukkha.

Ironically, it's the social sciences that would help them realise that their discipline was already enough, as it was, all along.

The real problem came when neoclassical economics was rebranded as "just basic economics!" and not one of many conflicting, equally supported, schools of thought.

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My study presented economics as a soft science, so I'm not sure where you're coming from.

Of course it's a social science, but even those use experiments and the scientific method, or do you also think sociology and psychology are bullshit?

STEM people are the ones always looking down on every other discipline, you're the case in point.

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

When did I say that any of them were bullshit? Can you not make up things i didn't say and then argue against that instead please?

I literally said that the subject was already good enough, as it was. How did you miss that?

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The difference is that economics is a social science, masquerading as a hard science. Nothing wrong with the social sciences but they often present themselves as though the results they’ve found are akin to a hard science experiment with the lowest R values on record. In fact, ironically, most economists tend to look down their noses at the other social sciences and I think it’s causing them a lot of dukkha.

This entire paragraph was really telling.

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago

Okay, so, I'll try again, which bit is the part where I said the subject was bullshit? From the looks of it, it does seem as though you just made it up and argued against that, instead of what I said.

Interesting that you left out the part where I said it was always good enough all along thought. Then again, I guess that part does really shit all over the nonses you're spewing doesn't it?

At this point I'm concerned that you genuinely can't tell the difference between the words I used and "all economics is bullshit."