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Economics may model reality but you've got to admit it doesn't do it flawlessly. It can't be the only thing that informs your expectations. It's silly to suggest outloud "what if we were just all perfectly rational?" like this guy is.
The virgin world point is this idea about free markets being the absolute best solution. They are when the situation warrants them, but they can't always be created and they'll never last. My analogy was following the evolution of life - the free market of single celled organisms have become the mega-firms of flora and fauna. In the same way, markets will evolve into mega firms that can't really be honestly competed against.
Plus, a free market still has to exist in the greater world of nation-states.
 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Yes, but reality is not tied to what you are. The Aristotelian premise Gizmo discusses can exist regardless of ones perception. This looks to me to be why one can posit primacy (or even just relevance) of reason.
Oh absolutely. But you will never be anything other than yourself. You're enabled and limited by what you are. You can never interact or understand nature in any context other than as yourself.
Which is why its important to understand how the truth of the world changes as it's translated into your human understanding. This process is the precise reason why a primacy of reason will never exist. We just don't do that.
The only thing that understands nature in perfect terms is the reality of nature itself and your brain ain't the universe.
The evidence is overwhelming and the theory is rock solid and taught worldwide.
Just go ahead and share it then.
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