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I tend to take this approach with medicine too - the human body's a pretty complex machine.
by danielsoneg 16y ago
I tend to take this approach with medicine too - the human body's a pretty complex machine.
- sabat 16y agoI presume you're being ironic.
- presidentender 16y agoAnatomy, physiology and pharmacy are susceptible to investigation via the scientific method. The economy is not. Furthermore, the layman had best not mess with his own treatment in many cases: "Give me antibiotics, they worked last time I was sick!"
- bitwize 16y agoAnatomy, physiology and pharmacy are susceptible to investigation via the scientific method. The economy is not. Tell that to Esther Duflo, the only rational economist. Unlike just about the entirety of the rest of her field, she actually conducts controlled experiments and gathers data, rather than arguing from a priori assumptions.
- presidentender 16y agoReally? She conducts controlled experiments on economies? Gives stimulus money to one city and simultaneously does not give money to an identical city in the same economic climate, something like that?
- bitwize 16y agoBasically, yes.