Every economics/finance article I try to read now:
“Well, obviously supply and demand, Econ 101, duh right?”
(nod along)
“Therefore <more esoteric idea>”
(I google and nod a little more uncertainly)
...many bizarre hypermathematics steps later...
“THEREFORE, TIMECUBE! QED”
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This is why I kinda hate this shit. In regular physics the slippery slope from Newtonian billiard balls to TIMECUBE! is well signposted and you can kinda arrest paradigm slippage wherever your skepticism gets too high. In economics, you get to the crazy without noticing.
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Economy is fascinating like feng shui is.
Cantonese proverb says "you won't know a feng shui man is lying until a decade later."
Economists play feng shui using game designs.
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The invisible paw was helpful to me in this regard.
Biological market theory & Cleaner Wrasse economics.
freakonomics.com/podcast/animal
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Has to do with default standards of clarity in exposition. Rare examples like explain eco with clear step by step logic... Would be fun to analyze language style across subject domains. Some measure of clarity (not reading ease) in eco, physics etc.
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The newly converted fundamentalist Christian who came out of new age quant mechanics wooo cult would argue.
Where people start and establish a base is important, no?
Econ isn't as wobbly when you reorder.





