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by eduren 3287 days ago
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_(fictional)

Snark aside, I'm definitely interested in whether or not this field will have impacts on future policy. In order to be useful I feel it would have to actively avoid simplifying assumptions that have trapped similar fields.
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creaghpatr 3287 days ago
Regarding academic study, sociology is so partisan you need not worry about them using computer science and/or logic to uncover hidden truths in the near future.

In the private sector however, companies such as Premise and Palantir are already eons ahead of academia, but their insights and data are proprietary.

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neuromantik8086 3287 days ago
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliodynamics

The non-fictional equivalent.

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