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		techiferous on Jan 20, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Poor Countries Are Poor "It's really hard to make the world a laboratory" I agree completely. The sort of thing we're discussing isn't amenable to repeatable, controlled experiments. And it's very complex.

wisty on Jan 20, 2010 [–]

That doesn't completely defeat empiricism though. Controlled experiments are best, then uncontrolled experiments (checking that the theories are backed up by real data), then pure reason (non-reductionism) is a cop-out.

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