>The reason why scientists have a natural "disdain" for sociological studies, is because they don't have these qualities. Many of the arguments aren't convincin

>The reason why scientists have a natural "disdain" for sociological studies, is because they don't have these qualities. Many of the arguments aren't convincing from a critical angle, and only convincing to people who have a pre-existing bias towards certain conclusions. I've run into that myself, as described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12271097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12271097