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Re:Billionaires Build by UK-Al05 on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:36PM (#25309781)
LTV on its own shows very little predictive value in the real world. Which is why it isn't used.

Marginal economics explains and models a lot things we see in reality.

I'm much more likely to believe a model that has predictive ability.

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Re:Billionaires Build by confidantlake on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:41PM (#25311176)
I agree with that predictive ability is important but I have seen no evidence that marginal economics has predictive ability. You yourself even say it "explains and models" which is not the same as predicts.
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Re:Billionaires Build by freshhawk on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:09PM (#25310973)
Leaning on the predictive power of "the dismal science" isn't a strong base to argue from.
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