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The 10 commandments
27 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of religion Tags: free speech, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences, political correctness, regressive left
Settled science part 1: Is science ever actually settled?
17 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought Tags: climate alarmism, conjecture and ref patient, global warming, methodology of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences
We are constantly told that “everyone has a right to their opinion” and “there are two sides to every story.” Our entire news system is predicated on the notion that we need to give fair time to both sides of every situation. The problem with this type of thinking is that it leads to the misconception that both sides are equally valid, or, at the very least, that there must be some truth to both sides, but in many cases, only one side has any merit. In other words, it’s often not opinion #1 vs. opinion #2, rather, it is fact vs. fiction. One “side” is reality, while the other “side” is a fairy tail. For example, if you want to say that the island of Jamaica is being carried around on the back of giant sea turtle, that’s not your opinion, you’re just wrong. There wouldn’t be two legitimate…
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George Stigler on the growth of knowledge
10 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in George Stigler, history of economic thought Tags: conjecture and refutation, growth of knowledge, methodology of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences, structure of scientific revolutions
The Triumph (and Failure) of John Nash’s Game Theory – The New Yorker
29 May 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, history of economic thought, Public Choice Tags: conjecture and refutation, game theory, John Nash, methodology of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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