• leisesprecher@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    As an academic discussion, sure.

    But why exactly are these guys in charge of almost everything to some degree? Economics is essentially string theory for people who are not smart enough for physics - theoretically maybe sound, but utterly useless for reality.

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      1 month ago

      Economics is essentially string theory

      Jesus tap-dancing christ dude, what did physicists do to you that cause you to hate them so much that you berate them down to a mere economist’s level?

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    1 month ago

    I always cry when I get the smaller piece of the non-homogenous one-dimensional continuum.