Comment on Assuming Nails

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:09:52 GMT

I was surprised to see such negative response to something I found so interesting. This comment and its support suggest either I've written this poorly, or using Economics as an example has gotten people sidetracked from my main point (which is I suppose a more specific way of saying I have written it poorly). I shall have to attempt to make the point in a more clear and concise manner in the near future; this is not intended as a criticism of economics, it is about a particular error in our manner of thinking. The fact that economics gets a lot right is actually besides the point, and as I did not comment on the degree of conformity modern economic models have to reality, nothing I wrote was intended to say it is useless.

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