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Early age CS, math, science enthusiast here that left undergraduate with 3 classes left. I have no respect for what passes as university education. Obfuscation and book burning is the MO - and it is most prevalent in these 'economics' classes (hint: always read the original works+history for your math classes) . Econ is not science or math - don't dare conflate the dogmas of modern science (or the copy errors of your mathematics curriculum) with the utter nonsense of university economics. It is pure gaslighting dogma of inconsistent and erroneous dogma. The courses serve nothing more than to demonstrate how not to build a model and how improper definitions and first principles lead to nonsense. This is the crown jewl of post modernist institutions:

1 Comoditize and sell shitty models. 2 rigorous tests to see if you remembered erroneous definitions and concepts. 3 refuse to acknowledge inconvenient evidence 4 worship figures that engage in plagerism and open dishonesty. 5 hide the true power in upper level math courses after brainwashing population to despise math. Bonus points if public university endorses purposefully confusing high school curriculum. 6 distract from the fact that real science is a constructive discipline - like CS without the cargo culting. Remove constructive math from high school and erroneously claim foundational texts such as Euclid's elements are obsolete. Back up said claims with dishonest translations. Don't forget to memorize the periodic table without question or further discussion. Define stupid shit like Electrons are point particles and make up some cloud bullshit. Always confuse territory and maps.

Edit: claim that the dragon book is obsolete. Never expose students to it's insights into logic, modeling, and language. + Attempt to have a discussion on economics without understanding banking and government. It's like trying to have a discussion of CS without discussing binary or other bases.




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