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Re:The Limits of Expertise by mcguire on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:10PM (#17315397)
Are you asserting that all economists and financial goobs are "BS artists," or merely most? Is there a way to tell the difference better than "he hasn't gone belly up yet"?
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Re:The Limits of Expertise by Retra on Thursday June 14, 2018 @10:01PM (#17316968)
They're only asserting that some economists could get away with being "BS artists," so inevitably, some do. Obviously that hurts the study of economics as a whole, because if you can get away with BS, that means people can't tell what is and is not BS, so non-BS looks like BS and has to compete on points other than merit.
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Re:The Limits of Expertise by maneesh on Friday June 15, 2018 @08:02AM (#17319105)
Certainly Taleb is referring to all economists, give or take a handful, not just some.
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Re:The Limits of Expertise by Retra on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:33PM (#17324674)
That doesn't matter. The point still stands so long as it is true for at least one economist.
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