▲ 456 ▼ economics is not a hard science (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by an_onanist@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] don@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) No one who has even the faintest idea of what physics is would be able to conflate it with economics. About the only way the two are related is that they’re both studied by people to the point that you can get a degree that focuses on either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CthulhuDreamer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think you would be surprised how much math used in physics is used in economics and then there is statistics which is heavily used in both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cowbellstone@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago Meh, math and statistics are (ab)used pretty much anywhere in science. Carpenters and blacksmiths both use hammers, but so do roofers and geologists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CthulhuDreamer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think you would be surprised how much math used in physics is used in economics and then there is statistics which is heavily used in both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cowbellstone@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago Meh, math and statistics are (ab)used pretty much anywhere in science. Carpenters and blacksmiths both use hammers, but so do roofers and geologists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cowbellstone@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago Meh, math and statistics are (ab)used pretty much anywhere in science. Carpenters and blacksmiths both use hammers, but so do roofers and geologists. permalink fedilink source parent
