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HierarchyPhilosophy Of ScienceDimensions Of SkillIncomeMeritEconomiaInglese
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Autore Blair Fix

If you’re good at something that isn’t valued by other people, you won’t be rewarded. This is the tyranny of meritocracy.

Philosophy Of ScienceEconomics BiasesEvolution Of SocialityGroupthink In EconomicsScienceEconomiaInglese
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Autore Blair Fix

The ideal of science is to respect the evidence — to take nobody’s word for it. But this cuts against our social instinct to pay deference to members of our tribe.

Philosophy Of ScienceCausal InferenceCausation In The Social SciencesCultureFeedbackEconomiaInglese
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Autore Blair Fix

The social sciences, I’ve come to believe, don’t have a coherent concept of causation. To talk about ‘causation’ we need to have a boundary on cause and effect. I reflect on what this means for studying causation.