Stephen Vaisey 馃嚭馃嚘

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Professor at Duke University. Cultural evolution, political attitudes, social change, nerdy stuff in R. YNWA. https://vaiseys.github.io/

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Quote: What do poverty, homelessness, racial inequality, man/woman conflicts, the fall of communism, aging, and third world development have in common? Answers: (1) They are all hot topics in contemporary sociology. (2) They are about the only topics where research money is available. (3) They are intractable, massive, convoluted social problems where it is extremely unlikely that any progress can be made through policies and programs. What do preferences for various candy bars,15 short-range demographic predictions, development of attitude scales, and election polling, have in common? Answers: (1) They are all low status topics in contemporary sociology. (2) Billions of dollars are spent on such research but we don't get any of it. (3) They are tractable problems where social research really works. Painting with a rather broad brush one might argue that the two major impacts of sociology/social psychology on modern society are (1) the survey method and (2) a doctrinaire denial of any
Quoted text: Economists are competitive, individualistic, conservative in their politics, smart, and arrogant. Sociologists are cooperative, group-minded, leftish in politics, sincere, and docile. Except as master and dog, these two psyches are not a promising combination