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> We should be learning alternative models

In addition to learning models from other subjects, we also need to understand that the complexity and often chaotic nature of human behavior might mean some subject can only be modeled superficially.

> economics

Varoufakis[1] and Blyth[2] argue that it might be impossible to create models of the economy. They both warn that there is a seductive quality to math, but that "elegance" is an oversimplification that can easily unravel when given the chaos of the real world.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5AUAIzciLE&t=1355

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmWbkPezgtU

parent pdkl95 10 years ago

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