Re:Economics education can shift people in a selfish direction?
by baddox on Sunday August 31, 2014 @04:55PM
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If you're implying that I am identifying myself with some tribe and therefore immediately dismissing the entire research program, I disagree and regret giving that impression. If this is your impression, I am curious what about my comment gave you that impression, because I genuinely do not see anything in my comment that hints at a specific ideology or tribe, or an instant middlebrow dismissal of an entire research program. I am not a "Smithian" or whatever tribe is being hinted at here, and I did not dismiss the entire research program. I only pointed out what I think is a misrepresentation of that well-known Adam Smith quote.
I find the research quite interesting, although I don't believe that we can conclude anything about the validity of any belief based on attributes of the people espousing the belief. That's the ad hominem fallacy.
I find the research quite interesting, although I don't believe that we can conclude anything about the validity of any belief based on attributes of the people espousing the belief. That's the ad hominem fallacy.