Article #95613 (95662 is last):
Newsgroups: sci.econ
Subject: Re: Fools Rush In
Date: Thu Oct 15 11:03:51 1998
Osman Gani wrote:
>Economics is a science.
JCT: No it's not. Science uses standard units
of measurement and
accurately predicts how things work. Economics uses a variable as it's
unit of measurement and fails to predict how things work. It's closer
to predicting the future by reading the entrails of a dove. It's
called the Dismal Science because it does not deserve to be rated with
real sciences.
>And any science requires a rigorous training before one can get the
>hang of it.
JCT: Actually, real science does not require
rigorous training
before the average person can get the hang of it because it makes
sense. Economics requires rigorous training because it's full of
contradictions and does not make sense.
>It is clear to me that too many ignorant people are lecturing us on
>economics, without having the most sense of why economists use a
>peculiar form of reasoning and choose to talk about a specified
>subject.
JCT: The only reason you are upset is that
these uneducated
people are pointing out inconsistencies you can't handle in regular
English like most physicists and engineers do.
>Science is reserved for only those who are willing to pay the price
>for learning its way. If every fool understood science, we would
>have no reason to hear about Galileo or Newton or Adam Smith.
JCT: I see no reason that we wouldn't hear
about the great
Galileo or Newton, (please don't include Smith with real scientists)
just because fools can understand science. Science is made to be
understood by all, fools included.
>Why do fools rush to where angels fear to tread?
JCT: I guess you would be the one to know.