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> Surprisingly difficult to understand what this thing is or does. Social science is a hard science, in the sense that it is very difficult to comprehend the t
by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
> Surprisingly difficult to understand what this thing is or does.
Social science is a hard science, in the sense that it is very difficult to comprehend the technical details without adequate training.
> Seems like you can “donate” your browsing behavior to science
More than that, you can donate the following, as well:
> Your Rally demographics and an optional short survey
For the COVID study, for example.
https://rally.mozilla.org/current-studies/political-and-covid-19-news/index.html https://rally.mozilla.org/current-studies/political-and-covi...
- errantmind 5y agoJust because statistics is involved doesn't make Social Science a 'hard' science
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y agoIndeed. > Softer fields are likely to be found, even if perhaps at lower frequencies, in the physical and the biological sciences. Conversely, there is no reason why high-consensus fields should not exist in the social sciences, too. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694152/#!po=0.819672 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694152/#!po=0....