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People don't want truly good social science. The observations won't be politically correct and the use cases are controversial. Otherwise Cambridge Analytica wo
by KRAKRISMOTT 3y ago
People don't want truly good social science. The observations won't be politically correct and the use cases are controversial. Otherwise Cambridge Analytica would be a unicorn.
- sealeck 3y agoElection tampering is truly good?
- dagw 3y agoElection tampering was an application, not the science. You cannot tamper successfully in an election without having a good understanding the electorate. And if you have that good an understanding of the electorate, you could put it to all kinds of other uses. The 'burning' of Cambridge Analytica could definitely bee seen as a baby and bathwater situation, or an admission that the what they had created was too powerful a tool to be allowed to exists.
- argawgq 3y agoI'd argue it's the opposite. Everyone wants truly good social science, it's why when it matters they go to data scientists and not social scientists.