economics, which subject is a product of the human behavior (mind) are something completely different from physics, chemistry, biology or engineering. That is sciences dealing with ‘the behaviors’ of the matter. This is the main thought contained in this text.
Perhaps you should give a clearer reason for this as we do see that math can be used in modelling especially behavior of large groups. And statistics and probability theory do work.It means, we start with something that cannot be modeled mathematically. - can we model 2, 3, 5 persons? No. We cannot. The science based on mathematics is helpless here. — philosopher4hire
Still, going from quite exact calculations to probabilities does tell something. Besides, this is a far more simple issue. It isn't the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, as this doesn't need at all quantum mechanics.The problem you describe as: "Our understanding of what happens when materials burn doesn't effect how materials burn. But our understanding of how the economy works DOES, when looked from the aggregate level, effect how the economy works."
Is known to science for example as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. It DOES NOT prevent the real science from using mathematical models. — philosopher4hire
Your reasoning that because we cannot model an individuals behaviour, mathematical modelling is useless is simply wrong. It's not a fact. It would be like saying these times that epidemiology is useless because it cannot predict if one person gets the virus or not, hence it's useless.We cannot model mathematically a person behavior. And so, we can draw conclusions from the fact (from the objective situation) without answering what’s the reason. — philosopher4hire
This is a really bizarre rigid understanding of the scientific method. (Note also that in math there are unprovable objects and many things are uncomputable.)For a science you need to scientifically (that is: mathematically) move from one point to the next one. You need a mathematical PROOF. — philosopher4hire
For a science you need to scientifically (that is: mathematically) move from one point to the next one. You need a mathematical PROOF — philosopher4hire
I consider the constructs: adjective+substantive, where the substantive gets a substantially different meaning (often opposite), as an example of an intellectual illness. — philosopher4hire
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