444 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7 Feb \ parent \ on: Is Studying Economic Data "Doing Economics"? econ
True. And I often see economists come up with a crazy model that, with the right choice of parameters, can fit the data and ergo "the model is supported by the data". Well, no, if the model is inherently flawed then it doesn't really matter if it can fit the data, it's not going to be useful for predicting or understanding the world