> "First, let's assume the cow is a sphere". "There is a story that has been going around about a physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a

> "First, let's assume the cow is a sphere". "There is a story that has been going around about a physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island with no implements and a can of food. The physicist and the chemist each devised an ingenious mechanism for getting the can open; the economist merely said, 'Assume we have a can opener'!"[1] Yanis Varoufakis, after the drama surrounding his (very) brief term as Greek's Minister of Finance describes[2] the problem simply and plainly: "Understanding economics well impedes an understanding the economy." His continued explanation why [ibid] might be the ultimate example of how easy it is to sell bullshit as long as you dress it up properly with the trappings of math/stat/logic. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assume_a_can_opener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assume_a_can_opener [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5AUAIzciLE#t=1355 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5AUAIzciLE#t=1355