Recent content by DRJB

You're missing my point. A lot. Besides, this thread was originally asking if economics was viable as a study. I am contributing to that. It is being seriously derailed by a few contributers.

If it's two more courses, and it has the possibility to open up more doors for you, I would absolutely take advantage of it. Just don't get too hung up on advertising it. I personally applaud you for your hard work and discipline in achieving a double or triple major, but it's like a lot of...

Not necessasarily mathematics or statistics, but the approach. I think there is value in the numbers game, after all you have to PROVE things work in a repeatable way, but I often find the conclusions of economists very manufactured. Like A+B+C= R when F. I find it doesn't leave very much room...

Your opinions are very refreshing. Seriously.

This is the problem with economics. You guys look at it with too much of a technical focus, that limits you. That may sound vague but, man, I just don't have the energy to pinpoint through all of your arguments. In economics, technicality leads to a glorified interpretation. A bad lawyer...

HAHA! If that's your motivation to pursue medicine, you are in for a rude shock. I don't think you've thought about the implications. The poster above me makes some good points. Others to consider: -Spending a significant amount of your time around other people's messes. You think about that...

You're just trying to hurt now. Intellectual doesn't mean "smart" (or what anyone perceives as smart), intellectual means headspace, thoughts, interpretations, etc., the part of a person that's responsible for these processes. There is no way to quantify the word "intellectual".

I can understand where Simfish is coming from. I think some of those feelings can come from a general sense of not belonging in the world at all. What I mean by that is just that I think wanting a clear purpose in life is a pretty normal, healthy ambition. When you face challenges that in some...

The cyber-bully doesn't have to be anonymous though. Whether or not they are, the internet offers them a sense of security and obscurity. I would even say that anything devolves when a structure of accountability is missing or diminishing. As for the person who feels victimized, I suppose it...

I think the major flaw with the field of economics is the almost apathetic shift towards shaping the study into an actuarial science instead of what society needs it to serve as. It should be an extremely desirable concentration, but it needs to evolve. I think it's relevancy lies in the ability...

Well the reason that's interesting is because they've been programmed to 1) Interpret the humans' strict dominant strategy and react by choosing all but one play (which would normally have been to compliment the strategy) and 2) Make a series of decisions to compliment the humans' strategy and...