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Caplan’s approach was not particularly novel thinking, it was just thorough. He used existing studies, tools, and paradigms to calculate the returns to differen
by nickff 5y ago
Caplan’s approach was not particularly novel thinking, it was just thorough. He used existing studies, tools, and paradigms to calculate the returns to different educations.
- diatone 5y agoSo in other words, the kind of thing that typically is suited to academic peer review? I don’t want to sound cynical, and this certainly isn’t ideal from a “cultivate a vibe of intellectual humility and curiosity” perspective, but is it a surprise to anyone but the author that laypeople didn’t take to a thorough critique of his work?
- GaylordTuring 5y agoUnfortunately, however, peer review in these fields extremely seldom involve someone actually checking the code/all the calculations/the underlying data.