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Re:Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017) by closeparen on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:27PM (#19537257)
The physics and math communities get plenty agitated at ludicrous pop-sci and Hollywood depictions, cranks who think they are oppressed geniuses with important answers, etc. Approach just about anyone with arrogance and contempt for the methods and body of knowledge they spend their life on, and they won’t be happy about it.
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Re:Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017) by Gibbon1 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:44PM (#19537407)
Difference between annoyed/amused/slight despondency and narcissistic rage.

It's kinda of like this, a mechanical engineer doesn't feel threatened by some guy selling a magnetic doohickey you put in series with your cars fuel line to increase MPG. He just thinks it's stupid. He's not mad though.

Economists get angry.

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Re:Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017) by taffer on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:36PM (#19537811)
And some physicians get mad at homeopaths. So what?
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