Nathan Franz @nathanfranz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026A model is persuasive when its premises are ones the opposing side accepts, and its conclusions go against them. The rhetorical force comes from granting the other side's starting point. 140
Nathan Franz @nathanfranz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026This gives every model a rhetorical direction and points to needing multiple models for every disagreement. The only productive extension is to make the primitives even more adversarial to the conclusion. 120
Nathan Franz @nathanfranz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Canonical economic models everyone agrees on are rarer than I expected, coming from physics. When they exist it's often a selection effect, where the model defines the field rather than the field converging on truth. 120
