Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015)
by wnc3141 on Friday October 24, 2025 @12:27AM
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At least for history of economics, I think it's harder to really grasp modern economic thinking without considering the layers it's built upon, the context ideas were developed within etc...
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Re:Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015)
by eru on Friday October 24, 2025 @01:35AM
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That's probably true for macro-economics. Alas that's also the part where people disagree about whether it made objective progress.
Micro-economics is much more approachable with experiments etc.
Btw, I didn't suggest to completely disregard history. Physics and civil engineering don't completely disregard their histories, either. But they also don't engage in constant navel gazing and re-hashing like a good chunk of the philosophers do.