Jiang says social scientists diagnose problems; solutions are left to later collective work.
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Social Science
He distinguishes social science, which tries to mathematize what drives people, from literature, which expresses truths that cannot be mathematically quantified.
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He distinguishes social science, which tries to mathematize what drives people, from literature, which expresses truths that cannot be mathematically quantified.
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"Okay, that's a great question, okay? Okay, so these are social scientists. And the thing about social scientists is they feel their responsibility is..."
"...looking at the issue. The first way is to use a social science approach. Okay? So you look at economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology. Right?..."
"So Prime sneaks into Achilles' tent. And kisses his hand. Right? That moment. You can never mathematically express it. You can only write about..."
"...it. So to understand why, I will introduce you to two social science experiments that they conducted in America at the end of the..."
"...Simmel. They're all sociologists. They're considered three major founders of the social sciences, okay? And they're all contemporaries. They were all writing about the..."
"...Durkheim. These are the three major sociologists that really created modern social sciences, okay?"
"...he, so, I mean, he is, he used a lot of social science analysis. He used a lot of social science analysis and research..."
"...world. This is Ibn Khaldun and he's considered the father of social science Okay economics Quantity of history politics this man A man invented..."
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