Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sciences and humanities?

Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by zozbot234 on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:04AM (#30819904)

Sociology is not really a social science. It deals in just-so stories, platitudes and bizarre musings. Science (of the non-experimental sort) is about making precise, rigorous arguments that can be checked for their soundness and assessed together with any available evidence.

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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by karpierz on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:43AM (#30820168)

I can't tell if this is trying to demonstrate how HN users don't have a solid grasp of social sciences via parody, or a genuine post.

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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by j4yav on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:23AM (#30820022)

Yes exactly, they sound just like that. And worse sometimes too, but that’s not a bad parody.

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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by Kye on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:55AM (#30820253)

I think you've confused popular attempts to over-fit the findings of sociology to social ills with sociology itself.

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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by yunohn on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:15AM (#30819962)

Yeah, I think this is exactly what the commenter meant - are you seriously beating the “social science is not a science” horse in this unrelated thread?

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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by spacemanmatt on Sunday March 27, 2022 @11:40AM (#30821081)

For reference, sociology is a statistical science. Like physics. It does seem like you are strictly unfamiliar with the practice of sociology.

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