[lbo-talk] Sujeet, Cuba And Logical Positivism

[Cseniornyc at aol.com]

Just as a matter of curiosity, what, in your view, would  constitute
acceptable "proof, evidence" of anything about Cuba that is not  in
accordance with your idea of it? In other words, are your views on
Cuba  falsifiable at all or are they an article of religious faith?
Conversely,  what "proof, evidence" is your view of Cuba based on other
than the data  given out by its not particularly transparent
government?

Sujeet
Comment: First of all, it is kind of crude and rude to assume that I  
wouldn't accept "anything about Cuba that is not in accordance with my idea of  it". 
I hope that this kind of mind reading of others is not a permanent habit of  
yours.
Now , as a self proclaimed Popperian and as a rare 21c  believer in 
"falsifiablity", you should know that journalistic subjective  reports are by 
definition "unfalsifiable", therefore they are  impressionistic items that constitute 
proof or evidence of nothing.
This is not case either,  of "science vs religious faith" as you  solemnly 
proclaim .And to answer your main question, besides Reuters  articles,  there is 
a wealth of data on the Cuban economy from the UNDP,  FAO, the Economic 
Commission for Latin America (ECLA), the Inter American  Development Bank and even 
the World Bank. In addition,  a large number of  Development Studies Centers 
in various universities in the world have published  a rich variety of studies 
and papers on the Cuban Economy. I certainly, invite  you to examine them and 
be a good Popperian by falsifying Reuters. As your  Karl said, : "the proof of 
the pudding is in eating it."
Cristobal Senior
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