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By the way, regarding these algorithm studies: It's important to do them correctly to prevent bad studies, not (just) to get valid information. Or, as Andrew
by uniqueuid 5y ago
By the way, regarding these algorithm studies:
It's important to do them correctly to prevent bad studies, not (just) to get valid information.
Or, as Andrew Gelman [1] said:
> The utilitarian motivation for the social sciences is they can protect us from bad social-science reasoning.
[1] https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/03/12/the-social-sciences-are-useless-so-why-do-we-study-them-heres-a-good-reason/ https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/03/12/the-social...
- janto 5y agoI'd argue that the net utility of social "science" has been negative because it generates bad ideas under the guise of "good social-science reasoning" and is often explicitly antiscience.