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For example, a social scientist might submit a range of articles to HN in order to record, quantify, and study the personalities drawn to different topics. A b
by gopher_space 4y ago
For example, a social scientist might submit a range of articles to HN in order to record, quantify, and study the personalities drawn to different topics. A board owner might use this information to attract the conversational tone they'd like to see.
- rdtwo 4y agoSocial science isn’t science.
- kennywinker 4y agoSpeaking of memes, this is one. Social science includes: "academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, political science and psychology.[1]" Now if you're saying that you have issues with some of the common methodologies or lack of repeatable experimentation in anthropology or political science - that's one thing, but if you're saying that linguistics, economics, and archaeology are not science? I do not agree. Something is science if it uses the scientific method to generate knowledge. The fact that the knowledge generated is highly dependent (e.g. "in mid-century european society, we've found that A and B are likely result if C and D are present") doesn't make it not science. That's a limitation on the conclusions, not a built-in invalidity of the knowledge. There is plenty of knowledge generated by physics, biology, etc. that is highly dependent too.