Physics envy is a terrible thing, especially in economists 

John Rapley: That’s something that ‘physics envy’ can’t capture – that the social nature of human beings makes any laws of behaviour tentative and contextual. In fact, the very term ‘social science’ is probably best seen as an oxymoron.

Source: Physics envy is a terrible thing, especially in economists | Uncommon Descent

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