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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by peoplefromibiza on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @02:47PM (#27532025)
But let's not pretend that historians influence the policy makers as much as sociologists and economists do either.

The damages when they are wrong are orders of magnitude bigger.

They are assumed to be right, sometimes even without proof, until they are tragically proven wrong.

And nobody lose their job anyway.

Have you ever seen a sociologist lose the job because proposed something to a politician that resulted in lots of people having their life ruined?

I never did, honestly.

Have the last three more recent economic and social crisis been caused by historians mistakes?

https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/sociologys...

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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by dash2 on Friday June 18, 2021 @12:15AM (#27547298)
I think you underestimate how influential historians are in the long run, by changing how we see ourselves. But in any case, my point was about which disciplines we can trust, not about which are more or less powerful.
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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by LudwigNagasena on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @08:20PM (#27534959)
Economic policy is implemented by the parliament and the executive branch. It rarely closely follows advice by the economists. Even the Fed chair is a lawyer!
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