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Re:How economists rode maths to become our era’s astrologers by oriol16 on Saturday July 22, 2017 @09:20AM (#14827053)
Software profession seems to be the last corner where to expect some sound knowledge about economics. Looks like a McDonalds cashier would have a better understanding of business cycles.
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Re:How economists rode maths to become our era’s astrologers by friedman23 on Saturday July 22, 2017 @12:36PM (#14827970)
Why do software engineers think they are intelligent enough to criticize other professions? The vast majority of the people on this forum are dumb code monkeys with a bachelors degree and an extremely basic understanding of math.
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Re:How economists rode maths to become our era’s astrologers by owuire14 on Saturday July 22, 2017 @06:00PM (#14829638)
You are correct. They think this way because they spend less than 5% of their time talking to other people, whereas the normal population spends bare minimum 30% of their time interacting with humans directly.
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