Curtis "Ovid" Poe on Nostr: Regarding the geniuses who found new disciplines: Any physicist claiming the ...
Regarding the geniuses who found new disciplines: Any physicist claiming the infallibility of Newton would be laughed out of his field. Any doctor claiming the infallibility of Pasteur lose their license. So why do so many Republicans seemingly defend the infallibility of Adam Smith?
Ah, because "Wealth of Nations" is second only to the Bible in terms of books quoted but never read.
#Economics
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