• reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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      5 days ago

      Agreed, studying sociology really opened my eyes to badly reasoned statistical methods (rampant in other fields too).

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        5 days ago

        Speaking in personal anecdotes, I think the ratio of “importance” to “how well it is done”, sociology wears the crown.

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            4 days ago

            THANK YOU

            did y’all ever hear about the time every economist in the world was distracted by bananas for a month?

            we all stopped what we were doing to eat bananas and take notes on how the stringy bits came off. just because there was an interestingly written article about what side you should open your banana from in Slate and We Had To Prove Our Position.

            i have very little tolerance for the Prove It Brigade anymore since then. can’t just enjoy sucking on a banana

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    4 days ago

    Aww man now I feel bad, I was just trying to poke some fun at sociology, but y’all are out for blood!

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    4 days ago

    hey as an economist i liked quant soc okay.

    qual soc can suck a dick.

    then pass the dick this way please. i’m an economist remember