Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data

Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by baddox on Thursday May 29, 2014 @02:48PM (#7817869)

Climate change and macroeconomics are really similar in this regard. I think the main reason there is so much controversy is because the science is so entangled with the politics, and that probably applies to the experts just as much as it applies to the average onlooker.

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by pavlov on Thursday May 29, 2014 @04:19PM (#7818381)

Climate research is nothing like economics. Politics is involved in how we should react to the scientific results, but that doesn't mean the science itself is "entangled" with politics.

You might just as well suggest that paleontology is entangled with religion because its findings offend some people's religious views.

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by baddox on Thursday May 29, 2014 @04:53PM (#7818536)

> You might just as well suggest that paleontology is entangled with religion because its findings offend some people's religious views.

I absolutely would say that.

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by pavlov on Thursday May 29, 2014 @05:47PM (#7818796)

I guess we have different definitions of "entangled".

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by baddox on Thursday May 29, 2014 @06:01PM (#7818866)

It sounds like you're saying they shouldn't be entangled, which is reasonable, but under what definition of "entangled" are they not currently entangled?

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by cookingrobot on Friday May 30, 2014 @05:17AM (#7820907)

They have no impact on each other's beliefs or findings. They're completely independent.

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by dllthomas on Thursday May 29, 2014 @04:29PM (#7818423)

Ideologies climb.

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