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Re:We need to be wary of narratives of economic catastrophe by douglaswlance on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:52AM (#18968204)
The problem is that both sides of any big issue think they have the "facts" and refuse to compromise or engage with the facts from the other side.

The list of objective facts regarding any major issue is short. The list of subjective facts is infinite. When anyone can blast the world with their subjective facts, the objective facts are lost in the noise.

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Re:We need to be wary of narratives of economic catastrophe by pjc50 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:36AM (#18968479)
The deeper problem is "option consequences" - what is doing X likely to result in? It's hard to call statements about the future "facts", but we can't plan without them. QV the Brexit debate upthread.
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Re:We need to be wary of narratives of economic catastrophe by vkou on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:14AM (#18968342)
If economics were a hard science, then we could focus on the objective facts.

It's not one, though.

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Re:We need to be wary of narratives of economic catastrophe by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:43AM (#18968533)
If the science was hard then then we'd just abuse statistics and anecdotes (like we do to promote gun control and deny climate change).
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