Social Sciences in the Mist

... professor at a reward ceremony telling me: “what is the Cold War? - it’s a mere blip in history with no real relevance, I have no time for that” - as he preferred to focus on more metatheoretical analysis. A Victorless Battle ― New York Times Op-Ed In his op-ed, Prof Christakis, in essence stresses the above point, as social sciences lack consensus, ability to draw sound recommendations and fail to claim a victory over a subject matter so that they can move on. I cannot think of any subject where there is no disagreement on one plane or another. In most cases 'defining' ...