Comments on: Soc2Econ: hillarious, if a little mean. http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235 In Soviet Russia, blog hits you. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: x. trapnel http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235&cpage=1#comment-6262 x. trapnel Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:11:23 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235#comment-6262 Maybe it's just that I've gone through the disciplinary initiation process w/ econ, but had the advantage of picking and choosing my exposure to sociology. Regardless, it's undeniable that soc. is less methodologically unified. Does it count as research to write 20 pages about how RCT applies to random thing X? Maybe it’s just that I’ve gone through the disciplinary initiation process w/ econ, but had the advantage of picking and choosing my exposure to sociology. Regardless, it’s undeniable that soc. is less methodologically unified. Does it count as research to write 20 pages about how RCT applies to random thing X?

]]> By: Paul Gowder http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235&cpage=1#comment-6238 Paul Gowder Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:45:27 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235#comment-6238 But, of course, picking paradigms to fit things into is a big problem with sociological practice. It doesn't count as research to write 20 pages about how Foucault applies to random thing X [because Foucault can be read to apply to anything, but let's not mention that]. But, of course, picking paradigms to fit things into is a big problem with sociological practice. It doesn’t count as research to write 20 pages about how Foucault applies to random thing X [because Foucault can be read to apply to anything, but let's not mention that].

]]> By: x. trapnel http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235&cpage=1#comment-6236 x. trapnel Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:36:46 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235#comment-6236 Eh. In my experience, economists *really do* need to be hit on the head with some sociology. I'm not a big fan of at least two of the 3, but I'll take M-W-D over Arrow-Debreu if we have to pick paradigms to fit things into... Eh. In my experience, economists *really do* need to be hit on the head with some sociology. I’m not a big fan of at least two of the 3, but I’ll take M-W-D over Arrow-Debreu if we have to pick paradigms to fit things into…

]]> By: maybe http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235&cpage=1#comment-6193 maybe Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:06:00 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235#comment-6193 This is a parody. See the planning post here: http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/soc2econ/ This is a parody.

See the planning post here:

http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/soc2econ/

]]> By: eric http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235&cpage=1#comment-6185 eric Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:52:22 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=2235#comment-6185 Best opening to a hypothetical ever: "If someone was raised by wolves and upon reaching human civilization were given a copy of American Sociological Review, ..." Best opening to a hypothetical ever: “If someone was raised by wolves and upon reaching human civilization were given a copy of American Sociological Review, …”

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