This post inadvertently but usefully helps explain the current pandemic of amateur epidemiology. One huge vector of this is economists (defined broadly), a profession whose members are socialized to think they are smarter than everyone else.https://twitter.com/tylercowen/status/1249303883689660418 …
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Being good at math doesn’t make you smarter than someone who isn’t as good at math.
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If your point is about professional expertise then this seems unfair to actual economists.
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But "law and economics" (which is where these law professors come from) is itself a project fostered by the intellectual imperialism of economics. I think the discipline should take responsibility for what they've created.
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