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Except that analogy of those analogies is itself a false analogy. Bouncing models off each other is a typical mechanic of scientific innovation. No one is suggesting economists take the theories as wrote and apply them without due consideration.


I know, i love the analogy minefield, it is totally a slippery slope. Once you make one you make ten. And then it goes all to hell in handbasket.

In seriousness though, economics is a biological system. If anyone says otherwise, they are fool.


Everything related to humans or life on this planet is a biological system. That does not mean anthropology or entomology can model financial systems.




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