It's just memetic in many ways. The bar for statistical relevance is low across all fields hard and soft, it used to be you could parade Cyril Burt out but we're well beyond a point where he's different to any discipline, social or not.
I should have resisted the temptation to repeat the slur.
Demographics couldn't be more important in a world dominated by millions of refugees. Or, for example, we'll be arguing about vaccines forever and having people who study why that is, is important. I think social sciences should be funded properly.
I think NZ will regret this, just like the UK lived to regret Thatcher de-funding Russian studies, only to fail to seize advantages in the end of the cold war: insufficient people with skills facing Russia.
I should have resisted the temptation to repeat the slur.
Demographics couldn't be more important in a world dominated by millions of refugees. Or, for example, we'll be arguing about vaccines forever and having people who study why that is, is important. I think social sciences should be funded properly.
I think NZ will regret this, just like the UK lived to regret Thatcher de-funding Russian studies, only to fail to seize advantages in the end of the cold war: insufficient people with skills facing Russia.
I'm a computer scientist (which isn't a science)