You’re about
this far away from rediscovering policial science and political economy.
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Replying to @JacksonHBrown @CovfefeAnon and
Political scientists and economists don’t take democracy as given. Both fields are very interested in how different governance regimes affect outcomes.https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/700936?mobileUi=0& …
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Replying to @JacksonHBrown @PereGrimmer and
Wow, they measured the statistical correlation between their rating of democracy and GDP per capita? That's some ground breaking work. Now, just explain why anyone should care about GDP per capita "It's what we can measure" Goodhart's law is useful at least.pic.twitter.com/XkCrO10beL
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @PereGrimmer and
Why would anyone care about GDP per capita? lololol you’re just talking out of your ass now
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Replying to @JacksonHBrown @PereGrimmer and
This is what you're bringing to answer this question? "Self-reported life satisfaction" - line go up, other line go up - science. You know what else raises "self-reported life satisfaction" - a nice fat line of cocaine before taking the survey. Think maybe that shows a flaw?
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @JacksonHBrown and
The question is philosophical and isn't answerable by pointing out the correlation between gameable measures.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @PereGrimmer and
You have your own preferences. Who is some dumb philosopher to say that your preferences are wrong?
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Replying to @JacksonHBrown @PereGrimmer and
You really can't even think of answering a philosophical question with appealing to authority? That's really just sad.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @PereGrimmer and
Who’s authority did I appeal to?
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>Who is some dumb philosopher to say that your preferences are wrong? "Well if it's a philosophical question I must find the head philosopher and accept his answer"
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