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FarCenter

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23. Game theory is math.

Reply to Shivering Jemmy (Reply #16)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:28 PM

Nov 2012

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Economics is a soft science, but still a science [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2012 OP

Yeah, its as scientific as alchemy NoOneMan Nov 2012 #1

care to elaborate on your witty comment? a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #2

Its junk science NoOneMan Nov 2012 #4

That book is about pathological fundamentalism within economics. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #7

Its about a good deal more than that NoOneMan Nov 2012 #17

That's a little better... a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #13

See... NoOneMan Nov 2012 #20

I rather like jazz... a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #24

Ill be shot or imprisoned for what I want to do by your beloved civilization NoOneMan Nov 2012 #25

I'll give you points for honesty... a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #26

Welcome to the tama Nov 2012 #35

Do Nothing tama Nov 2012 #36

Thanks NoOneMan Dec 2012 #38

Where I live (Finland) tama Dec 2012 #40

You're being melodramatic... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #45

But the property "owners"? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #46

okay... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #47

Luddites were not irrational at all nt tama Nov 2012 #34

Economics makes many testable claims, offers many reproducible results cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #3

Economics is like making up a game with rules... NoOneMan Nov 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author caraher Nov 2012 #15

You have heard of game theory right? Shivering Jemmy Nov 2012 #16

This game governs our lives and survival... NoOneMan Nov 2012 #18

Game theory is math. FarCenter Nov 2012 #23

Sometimes Shivering Jemmy Nov 2012 #31

Game theory is math, economics is BS unc70 Nov 2012 #32

As I noted above Shivering Jemmy Dec 2012 #41

Bravo! 1-Old-Man Nov 2012 #11

It's a lunatic cult tama Nov 2012 #28

Discussed here: tama Nov 2012 #27

I wonder about that realtive to national science ed standards. HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #6

A lot of economics is empirically based gravity Nov 2012 #9

That's exactly what happened. laundry_queen Nov 2012 #19

Aggregate demand of Keynesian economics tama Nov 2012 #30

Keynesian and monetarist theories are compatable gravity Nov 2012 #33

Even Marxists believe in the price signal nowadays Recursion Dec 2012 #43

Keynes wrote in the context of commodity standard Recursion Dec 2012 #44

Macro is like cosmology cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #10

The conservative movement corrupted the soft science with politics. gravity Nov 2012 #8

I'd broaden that one... a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #14

Sheeeet, most people don't know the difference between finance and economics. 1-Old-Man Nov 2012 #12

Finance is a multiplayer, networked, electronic game FarCenter Nov 2012 #22

It is not because much of economics depends on artificial laws, regulations, tax codes, accounting FarCenter Nov 2012 #21

Oh yeah? Well what does the bible say? Capt. Obvious Nov 2012 #29

Our economics are a lot more religion than anything else. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #37

sci·ence (sahy-uh ns) noun Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #39

It *can be* a science if its claims are validated by observation Recursion Dec 2012 #42