05-17-2013, 04:22 AM
I definitely understand the issue of trying to understand economic problems as an engineer or scientist but being flummoxed by people who let their emotions rule. Sadly, I don't see the "morality play" mentality losing its grip. If that were true then there wouldn't be so many republican buffoons in the house of representatives. I find it incredibly frustrating that scientifically obtained answers to so many problems that the US has are roundly ignored by a bunch of buffoons who rely solely on emotionally charged soundbites to further their careers and provide political guidance. Economics is difficult enough to understand without the buffoons injecting their FUD. This is really no different a problem than the climate change issue. Mass quantities of data are incapable of changing the minds of the buffoons who decide their behavior based on short-term political goals.