Posted on Sunday, 23 June 2013
[T]he implication of authority in science is rather odd given that the fifteenth-century revival of science in western Europe was a reaction against argument from authority.
…Precisely what “science” denotes is … unclear, but the present mental associations of objectivity and progress ensure that … using this prestigious epithet confers an air of authority; … would anyone attend the London School of Economics and Political Alchemy?
David F. Hendry, Econometrics: Alchemy or Science?
(I rearranged his words a bit.)
via @UnlearningEcon
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