True too. There is a lot of fuzzy thinking being thought in the name of social science. It’s hard, perhaps even for its professionals, to separate the grain from the chaff. But it can be helpful and important as well. Take economics. Please.
When I was at university (studying physics), someone had written some graffiti over a toilet roll holder in the students union bathroom which said “Sociology degrees: Please take one”
Yes, I do sort of draw. This was on the cover of some social science publication. This was written way back in like the 1990s when I received my first masters.
1 + 1 = 2 because we say it does. We have build an entire society around an unprovable belief. That’s OK because we have done the same thing with money. Which is the problem with Crypto, not everyone believes; turns out when you look behind the curtain, there’s nothing there.
If you have ever studied Modern Algebra, you work up until you can prove 1 + 1 = 2. What is easy for a child takes pages for a mathematician to “prove”.
Yeah, but… “Truth is not truth.” Who said that? Not I … (but someone famous did. Look it up- this is important – ah, hell: it was Rudy Giuliani. Really! i didn’t make this up [like his ilk does!])
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 2 years ago
True too. There is a lot of fuzzy thinking being thought in the name of social science. It’s hard, perhaps even for its professionals, to separate the grain from the chaff. But it can be helpful and important as well. Take economics. Please.
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member almost 2 years ago
When I was at university (studying physics), someone had written some graffiti over a toilet roll holder in the students union bathroom which said “Sociology degrees: Please take one”
Lee26 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I always got an A in Sociology because our teacher thought he would become unsocial if he gave us anything less.
johnzakour Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Yes, I do sort of draw. This was on the cover of some social science publication. This was written way back in like the 1990s when I received my first masters.
LVObserver almost 2 years ago
Journalist – 2+2 = 22
Social worker, I don’t know, but it is nice having a discussion about it.
Engineer 2+2 is determined to be between 3.999 and 4.001
Attorney 2+2 has been decided in court to be 4.
Accountant, closes the door and speaks softly – what do you want 2+2 to be?
Accountant got the job.
scaeva Premium Member almost 2 years ago
True for most cases, except in Microsoft™ Excel™.
Bruce1253 almost 2 years ago
1 + 1 = 2 because we say it does. We have build an entire society around an unprovable belief. That’s OK because we have done the same thing with money. Which is the problem with Crypto, not everyone believes; turns out when you look behind the curtain, there’s nothing there.
Indianapolis Smith almost 2 years ago
If you have ever studied Modern Algebra, you work up until you can prove 1 + 1 = 2. What is easy for a child takes pages for a mathematician to “prove”.
rmcarignan almost 2 years ago
I dunno with this new math doesn’t 1+1=3 now??
Csaw Backnforth almost 2 years ago
I’m looking at it from a biology stand point. 1+1 could equal 3 or more – heck, in some cases (think Octomom) it could equal eight.
willie_mctell almost 2 years ago
In Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead’s book on math from first principles it took many pages of proofs to get to that.
sedrelwesley2 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Yeah, but… “Truth is not truth.” Who said that? Not I … (but someone famous did. Look it up- this is important – ah, hell: it was Rudy Giuliani. Really! i didn’t make this up [like his ilk does!])
sedrelwesley2 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Did you know there’s ten kinds of people in the world? Those who understand binary & those who do not!)