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· 6 years ago
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Holy Shit. That was a sick and elaborated burn.
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ewqua
· 6 years ago
As a political science student, I'm becoming more and more convinced that people who say that it's not a science in an attempt to sound smug and smart are simply ignorant and have some kind of inferiority complex that they need to take out on others. We use scientific methods like any other science, but the reason why our results aren't as precise is because there are more variables due to the fact that decisions made by humans (which are unsurprisingly a big part of politics) are influenced by so many variables in varying degrees. In other words, knowing how to calculate how long will it take for a ball to fall to the ground is easier than estimating an outcome of a vote, because there you have to take into account the background, past experiences, relations etc etc of every politician. Taking all of that into account would create millions of variables, (1/2)
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ewqua
· 6 years ago
because every single experience, even something so seemingly banal as the fact that said politician fell from his bike when he was a child, is a possible variable that could influence his decision. This is why political science, sociology or psychology have a probabilistic character, because there are just way too many variables to account for. So, in short, I can't stop you from making jokes like that, and I wouldn't want to even if I could, because jokes are jokes and nobody likes killjoys. But if you're one of those people who legitimately believe that you have to be good at maths to be smart, please educate yourself on types of intelligence before trying to be smug. (2/2)
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guest
· 6 years ago
but like you just validated political science by describing its relationship to probability/statistics, which is math...
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Technically, everything is math. But only math is not enough. What can you do with a theoretical mathematics degree, apart from teaching the subject?
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felman87
· 6 years ago
So as a political science major, I'm dumber than a physics major but also strong enough to kidnap one of them. Fascinating. So I'm the "jock" of the nerd world then? I'd love to see a movie or show like that. All nerds but the classic nerd, regular, jock, etc, social classes are still there, just done for humor like this pic.
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