• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com
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    10 months ago

    Mmhmm…using hard sciences to explain social science goes awry real quick. Just ask every soulless neoclassical economist that admires Milton Friedman.

    I get the analogy to the extent that I can as someone who hasn’t studied thermodynamics. I also agree with the author from a humanities and social science perspective…but ugh…I cannot condone the use of hard sciences to explain society.

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    10 months ago

    And the engineers shal rule the world. Lol. Science has always been a uniting factor because it doesn’t care what you believe, entropy will always increase, the laws will never be broken. The only problem is there are A LOT of prerequisites for a course like thermodynamics and most people will never learn it.

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    10 months ago

    Wait, doesn’t Harvard make sure everyone is surrounded by people just like them? Practice what you preach, bud