tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post26137064342967410..comments2023-06-18T01:25:08.748-07:00Comments on Information Transfer Economics: What does this physicist think of economists?**Jason Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12680061127040420047noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-5253522990760433202020-04-16T23:47:09.153-07:002020-04-16T23:47:09.153-07:00Lol cowen. Thanks for this from a defunct economis...Lol cowen. Thanks for this from a defunct economist Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-84195893394431821972020-04-16T07:37:35.560-07:002020-04-16T07:37:35.560-07:00Only suggestion, maybe you should clarify that it ...Only suggestion, maybe you should clarify that it is a parody of Cowen since the beginning. I couldn't make sense of it until the end ("Jason Smith asking for GRE scores? WTF?").Iván Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122015270003047155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-24925897820827797702020-04-16T07:33:33.633-07:002020-04-16T07:33:33.633-07:00Thanks for the response. This blog is such an insp...Thanks for the response. This blog is such an inspiration for doing science in economics. Keep up the good work!Iván Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122015270003047155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-38433472405156740852020-04-15T20:26:14.970-07:002020-04-15T20:26:14.970-07:00What do you think of epidemiology's models'...<i>What do you think of epidemiology's models' performance?</i><br /><br />The IHME model from the UW has been doing remarkably well:<br /><br /><a href="https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america" rel="nofollow">https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america</a><br /><br />The error bands are pretty wide, but that reflects a) single prediction errors (not the trend path) and the initial uncertainty (which was massive). That said, the path for US data has basically been following their mean path.Jason Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680061127040420047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-37805441559151180532020-04-15T20:22:02.684-07:002020-04-15T20:22:02.684-07:00Yes it's a parody. It's basically word for...Yes it's a parody. It's basically word for word version of that economist's (Tyler Cowen's) post changing out his criticisms of epidemiology as an economist with my criticisms of economics as a physicist:<br /><br /><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/04/what-does-this-economist-think-of-epidemiology.html" rel="nofollow">https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/04/what-does-this-economist-think-of-epidemiology.html</a><br /><br />And yes, he is a terrible writer and unnecessarily verbose! It's like he's trying too hard.Jason Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680061127040420047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-39610858298609352172020-04-15T18:46:48.743-07:002020-04-15T18:46:48.743-07:00I had a hard time understanding your post; it is p...I had a hard time understanding your post; it is poorly written and verbose. <br /> <br />My understanding is that you want to parody the criticisms of some economists toward epidemiologists? <br /><br />Wouldn't it be more valuable to explain your disagreements with some specific economist's criticisms of epidemiologists? <br /> <br />That would save us all time and you would look like an adult. Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744989784182394201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837159629100463303.post-69323287298743797692020-04-14T04:03:26.912-07:002020-04-14T04:03:26.912-07:00Oh my god. I didn't understand this until I re...Oh my god. I didn't understand this until I read Cowen's post. Seriously, what in the fuck?<br /><br />The smugness and comtempt coming from Cowen is ridiculous.<br />Not to mention the self indulgent bias and lack of self awareness amongst economists.<br /><br />Besides that. What do you think of epidemiology's models' performance?Iván Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122015270003047155noreply@blogger.com