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We absolutely have statistical and theoretical frameworks for evaluating collective behavior. Cite something or don't @ me.
by NewJazz 2y ago
We absolutely have statistical and theoretical frameworks for evaluating collective behavior.
Cite something or don't @ me.
- pdonis 2y ago> We absolutely have statistical and theoretical frameworks for evaluating collective behavior. Yes, we do, but their predictive power, if it exists at all, is very poor. Science is about building models with good predictive power. If you don't have that, you don't have a science, at least not in any way that matters.
- NewJazz 2y agoThat's not only what science is about. And there are social science hypotheses that can predict outcomes.