> People are so reactionary here when they read the title it's disappointing. Indeed, I'm sad too when reading some of the comments here > "Post theory scienc

> People are so reactionary here when they read the title it's disappointing. Indeed, I'm sad too when reading some of the comments here > "Post theory science" really probably means "explanations for complex behaviours are complex and in some cases beyond simply testable theories" Case in point: agent based modeling https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/population-health-methods/agent-based-modeling https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/population-he... > "Agent-based models are computer simulations used to study the interactions between people, things, places, and time. They are stochastic models built from the bottom up meaning individual agents (often people in epidemiology) are assigned certain attributes. The agents are programmed to behave and interact with other agents and the environment in certain ways. These interactions produce emergent effects that may differ from effects of individual agents. Agent-based modeling differs from traditional, regression-based methods in that, like systems dynamics modeling, it allows for the exploration of complex systems that display non-independence of individuals and feedback loops in causal mechanisms." https://www.nasa.gov/consortium/AgentBasedModeling/ https://www.nasa.gov/consortium/AgentBasedModeling/ > "ABM enables an examination that would take years, decades, or centuries, to be performed in a matter of minutes. An important topic that must be addressed in any ABM application is the identification of the bounds of the work and the relationship between the model and the related real-world situation."