The economist Ludwig von Mises wrote,
Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories.
He was totally right. This means we have to examine ideas and theories, ask ourselves what principles do they rest on, what assumptions they make, for without a valid foundation, the rest is bullshit.
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