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Economists with Physics Envy Are Harmful

August 2, 2018June 3, 2020 6 min read John Rapley Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Physics

Observing the acclaim physics was having, economists embraced a physical view of human behavior hoping to replicate similar success. However, unlike physics, the social nature of human beings makes any laws of behavior tentative and contextual.

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In Physics, Beauty Doesn't Equal Truth Erraticus Image by Alexander Andrews
In Physics, Beauty Doesn't Equal Truth Erraticus Image by Alexander Andrews
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In Physics, Beauty Doesn’t Equal Truth

July 30, 2018March 1, 2020 6 min read Sabine Hossenfelder Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Physics

Most of physics’ beautiful ideas are hard or impossible to test. When we try to rectify a perceived lack of beauty, we waste time on problems that aren’t really problems. Physicists must rethink their methods, now.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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