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Applied graph theory? I don't have access to full article so I can't tell if it's actual math or something more hand-wavy stuff.
by fsloth 7y ago
Applied graph theory? I don't have access to full article so I can't tell if it's actual math or something more hand-wavy stuff.
- groceryheist 7y agoHere's a non-paywalled version. https://ndg.asc.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Centola-Macy-2007-AJS.pdf https://ndg.asc.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Centola... This is just an example of a well-known recent sociology paper that can appeal to science-minded people unfamiliar with sociology. By the way, it's a danger to rely too much on mathematical formalism as a heuristic for deciding whether a research field is scientific or valid. String theory for example lacks empirical evidence (and maybe even the possibility of empirical validation altogether).