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Re:Unsolved problems in economics by kelseyfrog on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:40AM (#31412315)
Wikipedia is a very difficult way to learn economics. In many ways it's like trying to learn mathematics or physics from an encyclopedia. The encyclopedic approach is - pedagogically speaking - sub-optimal.
Re:Unsolved problems in economics by arethuza on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:48AM (#31412420)
But if I look at the page for "friction" it has tables of actual values and many references to practical experiments?

NB I was just comparing the writing style of that page (which seemed a bit odd to me) with other examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction