▲ 456 ▼ economics is not a hard science (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by an_onanist@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes but most people tend to think Economics is an offshoot of Mathematics, due to its connection with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What connection? It has about as much connection to math as astrology or social science permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Social Sciences use statistics and probability mathematics. Astrology, to what I know, uses a lot of trignometry. After checking the syllabus for an Economics degree in my country there courses of Calculus, Accounting and Algebra, all mandatory. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Whatevs. That doesn't make Economics a branch of mathematics permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What connection? It has about as much connection to math as astrology or social science permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Social Sciences use statistics and probability mathematics. Astrology, to what I know, uses a lot of trignometry. After checking the syllabus for an Economics degree in my country there courses of Calculus, Accounting and Algebra, all mandatory. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Whatevs. That doesn't make Economics a branch of mathematics permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Social Sciences use statistics and probability mathematics. Astrology, to what I know, uses a lot of trignometry. After checking the syllabus for an Economics degree in my country there courses of Calculus, Accounting and Algebra, all mandatory. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Whatevs. That doesn't make Economics a branch of mathematics permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Whatevs. That doesn't make Economics a branch of mathematics permalink fedilink source parent
