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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 45 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Could it be that economics is more of a social science than a physical one, and therefore its "laws" cannot be expected to have the same level of stringency and consistency as the laws of physics?

No, it's economics that's wrong.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Physical reality has a lot of little exceptions like that too. Compression is really strong until it buckles - totally different formula. Most materials compress when they freeze - but water expands. Forget turbulence, man. What's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter? That's right, a silly nonsense number.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And another silly nonsense number we decided to call "E" keeps popping up all over the place in nature/ the universe, for no discernable reason.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

That's e to you!

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