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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
Ideas can de-evolve, too. Schools of thought can worsen. Reality can worsen. It's a total crapshoot as evaluations go.
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You are of course free to think whatever you want. However, most schools of thought get more accurate in their ability to describe reality (provided that is their goal) as time moves on. It isn't a total crapshoot.
Which doctor would you rather go to, the one whose knowledge of your particular malady is out of date, or the one whose knowledge is completely current?
I mean, yeah, of course there are exceptions. There are exceptions to every rule-- pointing that out doesn't invalidate the rule unless you're dealing in absolutes.
Speaking of absolutes, you seemed pretty absolute in your claim that the relative up to datedness of a person with respect to their particular field was a silly metric. You're wrong. Especially when the subject with which someone is out of date is economics, a field which seems to be much better at hindsight than foresight.