At 08:10 AM 7/19/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>JDG wrote:
> >
> > To quote Alfred, Lort Tennyson "science is trained and
> > ordered common sense."
> >
> > The question is whether or not the specialists rigorously
> > apply the scientific method to their work. On this basis,
> > I think that Economics most certainly qualifies.
> >
>Based on that definition, and in what I have seen
>Economists do here in Brazil, I think it doesn't :-)
>
>But I think Economy *is* a science, by a broader
>definition that might be something like: "Science
>is anything that uses mathematical tools to make
>predictions and compares reality with the
>predictions, refining the mathematical model for
>the next set of predictions". Of course, based on
>this definition, so is Astrology <evil grin>
And both accurately predict the future on rare occasions.
As does random guessing or flipping a coin.
-- Ronn! :)
