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Economic "science"
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Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.
just because something is BS, doesn't mean it's easy. no was I can get a chiropractic license, but that doesn't mean it isn't BS.
look at all the nuances and complexities in astrology, it's still made up thing that brings comfort to some, but it isn't "easy".
however the biggest objection to economics, is that it's a self fulfilling profecy for the rich, they invest in the economical ideas they like, make them popular and into a "science" even with fake Nobel prizes. then those theories get applied because it's "science" now. only to benefit those who financed those institutions. basically Lobbying with extra steps.
using "sciency" terms doesn't make you a science. look at chiropractors, or Scientology.
did I say something wrong?
even if there was a crumb of truth in that whole field. it's far too diluted by bullshit from rich people trying to pass their idiotic ideas on how society should run as fact. they are basically giant lobbying think-tanks.
that's like trusting climate science sponsored by Shell
I have a big, mostly tongue-in-cheek, interest in old spiritualism - Crowley, Rider-Waite, Golden Dawn, alchemy, Eteilla... - i don't think any of it is "real" but boy howdy can they write screeds on the relationship of quartz to the smell of petrichor, or exactly why going "shh" is a sacred act of the Egyptian diety Hoor-pa-Kraat
no I'm equating complexity of apparatus to individual effort of understanding the complexity.
Understanding a complex system has no bearing on the application of the complex system.
Understanding how the Linux kernel works would be no help in beet farming, that doesn't mean either endeavor is entirely worthless in context.