Comments on: The Free Market is your God http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god A bug in the code of the universe. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: (Right-)Libertarianism, Denial and lulz | A Division by Zer0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god/comment-page-1#comment-79427 (Right-)Libertarianism, Denial and lulz | A Division by Zer0 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:55:18 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=1637#comment-79427 [...] one to ignore and eventually deny all evidence that might challenge this. It can easily lead to a faith-based belief that is severely unhealthy to critical thought. It’s only more ironic when one considers how [...] [...] one to ignore and eventually deny all evidence that might challenge this. It can easily lead to a faith-based belief that is severely unhealthy to critical thought. It’s only more ironic when one considers how [...]

]]> By: Selective Skepticism | A Division by Zer0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god/comment-page-1#comment-42173 Selective Skepticism | A Division by Zer0 Thu, 14 May 2009 21:50:20 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=1637#comment-42173 [...] with its insistence on theories that are empirically disproven it is rather the opposite and resembles a religion. Unfortunately, unlike normal science which is actually empowered by skepticism (which prunes false [...] [...] with its insistence on theories that are empirically disproven it is rather the opposite and resembles a religion. Unfortunately, unlike normal science which is actually empowered by skepticism (which prunes false [...]

]]> By: Dissecting the Libertarian mind » A Division by Zer0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god/comment-page-1#comment-5754 Dissecting the Libertarian mind » A Division by Zer0 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:36:27 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=1637#comment-5754 [...] Recently 20.10 The Free Market is your God [...] [...] Recently 20.10 The Free Market is your God [...]

]]> By: db0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god/comment-page-1#comment-86590 db0 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:48:24 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=1637#comment-86590 <blockquote>perhaps you are confusing evolution with cell structure and behavior. The latter can be examined in petri dishes, but the former can't. Evolution is much more than DNA.</blockquote> I do not think I am. You can easily notice in a petri dish how germs will evolve to survive different environments. Evolution can be observed easily at that scale.

perhaps you are confusing evolution with cell structure and behavior. The latter can be examined in petri dishes, but the former can't. Evolution is much more than DNA.

I do not think I am. You can easily notice in a petri dish how germs will evolve to survive different environments. Evolution can be observed easily at that scale.

]]> By: db0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god/comment-page-1#comment-86627 db0 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:43:02 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=1637#comment-86627 The economic laws are sound only for a Capitalist environment and a humanity which acts rationaly. The second of which is certainly false. What a Libertarian argues however is that Free Market Capitalism is the best system for human society, something which has not been proven. In the end, the Libertarian is forced to his last excuse: "Life's not fair" The economic laws are sound only for a Capitalist environment and a humanity which acts rationaly. The second of which is certainly false.

What a Libertarian argues however is that Free Market Capitalism is the best system for human society, something which has not been proven. In the end, the Libertarian is forced to his last excuse: "Life's not fair"

]]> By: db0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-free-market-is-your-god/comment-page-1#comment-87112 db0 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:28:22 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=1637#comment-87112 <blockquote>every economic transaction is a repeated experiment and we have statistics to help us falsify economic propositions.</blockquote> No sorry, it does not work that way. "Experiments" require controlled environments. Otherwise you simply have correlation which does not equal causation.

every economic transaction is a repeated experiment and we have statistics to help us falsify economic propositions.

No sorry, it does not work that way. "Experiments" require controlled environments. Otherwise you simply have correlation which does not equal causation.

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