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>That would be the understatement of the century. Indeed. If it weren't for nutritionists, economists would win the prize for having the discipline most disco
by gozur88 10y ago
>That would be the understatement of the century.
Indeed. If it weren't for nutritionists, economists would win the prize for having the discipline most disconnected from reality.
- jschwartzi 10y agoIf you read a basic 100-level nutrition textbook, I guarantee you that you'll recant your statement. The problem isn't that the disciplines are disconnected from reality, but that people are treating bleeding-edge research as if it's scientific fact, rather than taking it all with a grain of salt as you would do in another scientific discipline.
- gozur88 10y agoWhat makes you think I haven't read such a textbook? The problem is the insights in economics are either obvious or dubious, save Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage. Which, I should add, doesn't seem to hold up in practice either.