I haven ' t even left the first island yet still trying to catch all or the first step pokemon like the new bug and crabrawler . I also like to only catch male pokemon just a preference so I ' m taking my sweet time . <| sep |> Well now we ' re moving towards a more accurate statement , yes , good ecnometrics use of stats can lead to reliable predictions , never said it didn ' t . Hence probabilistic answers if you do this then you should get an outcome in this range , but seriously it ' s not a law of thermodynamics , you can ' t calculate it to n places because you never know all the variables , and too often we find there was a variable you didn ' t even know had an impact later on when you have more data . Bottom line Economics does have predictive value , never said it didn ' t , but don ' t try and make out its a hard science , it isn ' t