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11 timestamped hits 8 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-03-16, day precision Aliases: social-sciences

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Social Science

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...groupings. There's the languages. There's English. There's the humanities. There's the social sciences, and there's the sciences, and you're supposed to take certain courses..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...groupings. There's the languages. There's English. There's the humanities. There's the social sciences, and there's the sciences, and you're supposed to take certain courses..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Our True Wealth Is Consciousness (2026-03-16, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Our True Wealth Is Consciousness; China Without The Good Monorail; Capital Steals Attention And Calls It Freedom.

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Key Notes

Lecture claim dated 2025-03-27.

definition

Jiang says social scientists diagnose problems; solutions are left to later collective work.

Method distinction stated on 2024-06-13.

model

He distinguishes social science, which tries to mathematize what drives people, from literature, which expresses truths that cannot be mathematically quantified.

Timestamped Evidence

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

Transcript

"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..."

Our True Wealth Is Consciousness

2026-03-16, day precision · Jiang Xueqin: Our True Wealth Is Our Consciousness | Endgame #259

Transcript

"...groupings. There's the languages. There's English. There's the humanities. There's the social sciences, and there's the sciences, and you're supposed to take certain courses..."

China Without The Good Monorail

2026-01-16, day precision · The Derp With Kurp | 23 | @predictivehistory - The Multiverse of Madness

Transcript

"...i mean like i mean again they have all this um social science um data from studying uh facebook from studying iraq afghanistan so..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

Transcript

"...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..."

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

Transcript

"...he, so, I mean, he is, he used a lot of social science analysis. He used a lot of social science analysis and research..."

Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

Transcript

"...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..."

The Test Is Not The Truth

2014-07-14, day precision · Education in China (Sinica interview with Jiang Xueqin)

Transcript

"...or you're looking at arts, I guess, but arts, letters, and social sciences. And then on the other hand, of course, sciences and engineering,..."

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Reading

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