JoshuaZ comments on Why is Mencius Moldbug so popular on Less Wrong? [Answer: He’s not.]

[JoshuaZ]

The leap from “controlled experiments are not possible” to “one has to deduce from first principles” is huge and unsupported.

Yes, whenever people try to make this sort of argument I have to wonder how they think we should do astronomy.

[Jank]

Please see my reply above to pragmatist. To add a bit, the rigor in monetary economics today is so far behind physics, it is not fair to compare the two subjects.