“The aim is to treat history as a “natural” science, using statistical methods, computational simulations and other tools adapted from evolutionary theory, physics and complexity science to understand why things happened the way that they did.” https://theconversation.com/historys-crisis-detectives-how-were-using-maths-and-data-to-reveal-why-societies-collapse-and-clues-about-the-future-218969 #ClimateChange #History #Histodon #Histodons #Society #Science #LongRead #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @science
@bibliolater@qoto.org @histodon@a.gup.pe @histodons@a.gup.pe @science@a.gup.pe Sounds like psychohistory to me.
@Runyan50@newsie.social @histodon@a.gup.pe @histodons@a.gup.pe @science@a.gup.pe In a good or a bad way?
@bibliolater@qoto.org @histodon@a.gup.pe @histodons@a.gup.pe @science@a.gup.pe Any search for evidence explaining human behavior is good. However, we cannot even predict one individual’s behavior with our current technology. The capability described seems about right for Harry Seldon’s era.