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A comment on The Limits to Growth (1972) [pdf]. Parent comment
The fact that certain scenarios that the Club of Rome anticipated seemed to not come true also unveiled new mechanisms to us.
Predictions can't be the benchmark, we are simply not advanced enough in the science for that.
Certainly the social sciences, like economics, should understand that best. Economics has hardly been able to predict anything.
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The fact that certain scenarios that the Club of Rome anticipated seemed to not come true also unveiled new mechanisms to us.
Predictions can't be the benchmark, we are simply not advanced enough in the science for that.
Certainly the social sciences, like economics, should understand that best. Economics has hardly been able to predict anything.