"Greenspace Press Release"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Greenspace Commences the Liquidation of Mankind

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KA-POW! #2 - Mallick

This week's “Kick-Ass Post O’th’ Week” (KA-POW) goes to a student named Abhinandan Mallick for “How I Found the Austrian School" :

In Human Action, Mises identifies a methodological dichotomy between the social and the natural sciences. This dichotomy is in how we use teleology and causality to explain different kinds of events.

These two terms are best explained by use of examples. When we throw a ball, for instance, we do not reason that it is guided in a teleological way by some mystical spirit or "prime mover." Instead we use the laws of mechanics and causality to examine the position, velocity, and forces acting on the ball, in order to predict the future position and velocity of the ball.