edge [he/him]

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Cake day: September 24th, 2022

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  • I knew it was bad but I didn’t realize it was that bad.

    it is possible to draw conclusion about human behavior that are both objective and universal.

    I thought the whole “rational actor” thing came with the implication that it’s your fault if you don’t act rationally (which is already bullshit ofc), not an assumption that everyone does act rationally. They actually think they can universally predict human behavior?

    Austrian [economists] argue that… empirical data cannot falsify economic theory.

    “My theory is perfect. I can predict exactly what people will do. If my predictions are wrong that doesn’t prove my theory wrong. Nothing can prove my theory wrong because it’s not.”