Fucking hell. Is there an economics version of of Cargo Cult Science you could point him towards as explanation?
I think you should fight fire with fire and tell him you're really interested in Alchemy ("I can guarantee you that any decent scientist wouldn't just ignore this important discipline if they didn't already have an agenda etc.") and Phrenology
I think you should fight fire with fire and tell him you're really interested in Alchemy ("I can guarantee you that any decent scientist wouldn't just ignore this important discipline if they didn't already have an agenda etc.") and Phrenology
![Phrenologychart.png](/bbs/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F9b%2FPhrenologychart.png&hash=fe3692aa4ecc0f3a0ed7af6cb6682dc2)