Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2

To: Progressive Economics <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
From: raghu <mraghu01@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 01:31:28 -0700
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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On May 8, 2009, at 11:02 PM, raghu wrote:
>> I don't disagree. It is just that it is not that easy to distinguish
>> stupid science from the sensible kind.
>
> I dunno, there is this thing called the scientific method, involving
> hypothesis testing and reproducibility and all that. It can't answer all
> questions, but it sure can answer a lot of them.



I guess to some extent, this is a matter of perception. I think there
is a *lot* these criteria can't answer. For instance, what do these
ideas say about the scientific status of economics - neoclassical and
Marxist? Philosophers have been at it for centuries without consensus.
-raghu.


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References:
- [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
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- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
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- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
  - From: Carrol Cox
- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
  - From: raghu
- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
  - From: Jim Devine
- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
  - From: raghu
- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
  - From: Doug Henwood
- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
  - From: raghu
- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
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