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Re:Are There Laws of History? by testing312 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:01PM (#23185391)
Because it is ridiculously easy to overfit your models, and the combined human behaviour producing 'history' is so complex and ever-changing that it cannot be simulated.

Also, if such a law were proposed, a widespread (dis)belief in that law could undo it.

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Re:Are There Laws of History? by totemandtoken on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:24PM (#23185706)
Oh, I don't believe in a law of history or anything like that. I'm just saying the coupling the practice of history with data analysis is some cases could be fruitful - kind of like anthropological history, but with a bit wider focus
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