Here is the thing…. when I write about math, economics, science, law, and phil

Here is the thing…. when I write about math, economics, science, law, and philosophy it’s not so much that I know the subject as that I know what various systems of representation can possibly communicate within that subject, and I know what category errors humans make on a regular basis. So when I research something that’s bothering me (today I’m still on a math kick), I just look at the tools people are using and the problems they have with them and this tells me the most likely area of inquiry: those where humans generally err. In the case of mathematical physics you can easily separate the men from the boys by their platonism and their claims. In mathematics you have to listen very carefully but you can separate them by platonism. In economics by whether they talk in curves and aggregates or they say “I just don’t know” a whole lot – which is the right answer in all these fields. As far as I can tell all philosophy is just drivel.