Emile comments on Open Thread for January 8 - 16 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 17 January 2014 01:23:19PM 0 points [-]

There is no code for the global financial system and no coder is going to fix it.

How about simulations of various economic/financial/social systems? Those are being done, and require code, and require high-level analysis. I find it perfectly believable that some abstract theoretical computer science / computer simulation work could uncover new insights / new arguments.

(that being said, I agree with asr's comment)

Comment author: Lumifer 17 January 2014 04:02:21PM 0 points [-]

How about simulations of various economic/financial/social systems? Those are being done, and require code, and require high-level analysis.

They also fail pretty badly and are remarkable useless at the moment.