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I think he's saying that he's formally trained as a mathematician, but not so much as an economist or physicist. I suppose he could still be considered a self t
by hirundo 8y ago
I think he's saying that he's formally trained as a mathematician, but not so much as an economist or physicist. I suppose he could still be considered a self taught economist / physicist.
- nydel 8y agoit's a well-constructed (i got it) & well-executed joke (it got me).
- petulla 8y agoHe has published papers in economics https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Weinstein-GUI_NSF_SG_Complete_INET.pdf https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Weinstein-GUI_N...
- adaptiveValleys 8y agoHe doesn't consider himself a physicist either.[1] [1] https://youtu.be/2wq9x2QcZN0?t=2025 https://youtu.be/2wq9x2QcZN0?t=2025 At 33:45 of the podcast after he gives the kinetic-potential energy analogy to describe his distrust of Pinker's optimism.