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Was that written by AI? Because I have no idea what the author was trying to say, and I'm not sure they were saying anything at all. The confused haircut metaph
by throw4847285 3y ago
Was that written by AI? Because I have no idea what the author was trying to say, and I'm not sure they were saying anything at all. The confused haircut metaphor did not help.
Quantitative social science exists. What is the big revelation here? What makes it computational? I don't understand. Can somebody enlighten me?
If you want to hybridize computer science and social science, I've got some good news for you. The ranks of data scientists across the corporate world are filled with ABD grad students from a range of quantitative fields, who applied their own problem solving skills to the question of "how do I turn my skillset into money." And in that regard, maybe computational social science in a broader sense is the art of converting quantitative social science into profits for major corporations. The utopia that CSS aficionados longed for is already here.
- dleeftink 3y agoGoing through Petter's archive it doesn't feel like it, writing about the topic for some time. I gathered the grooming metaphor referenced how it's time for the CSS practitioner to don the complete methodological anarchy that once dominated the field, while remaining open to disruptive changes coming out of CS or elsewhere.
- diogenes4 3y agoWell for one thing, the need for better consensus, conflict resolution, and fact (or dictionary) propagation in society is obvious and likely never-ending, considering how many corners of life it's applicable. I've been considering trying to find a way to study sociology/computer science fusion in grad school for a moment now myself.
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- bigbillheck 3y ago> Because I have no idea what the author was trying to say, That sounds like a 'you' problem.