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> It's almost as if the person commenting has no economic education whatsoever. Unfortunately, this is par for the course for HN comment threads about economi
by chimeracoder 8y ago
> It's almost as if the person commenting has no economic education whatsoever.
Unfortunately, this is par for the course for HN comment threads about economics and economic policy.
As someone who does have a degree in economics, it's as frustrating as sitting and listening to someone talk about why chemistry is broken because the Bohr model is incomplete and electrons don't inhabit shells.
- hndamien 8y agoArguing from a point of authority doesn't help enlighten anybody. I have a degree in economics too, it doesn't elucidate anything for a reader or make my arguments any more correct. Your logical fallacy is here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
- mike10010100 8y agoThen why not enunciate your argument and have a productive conversation instead of relying on logical fallacies?