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Comment author: Morendil 11 December 2012 05:57:16PM 1 point [-]

has anyone ever claimed to have discovered something in sociology that remained uncontroversially discovered?

Yes.

I'm adding to that below, in rot13, but let me first ask another question: have you looked for such claims, or is this strictly a rhetorical question?

From about 5 minutes of looking: Zregba; frys-shysvyyvat cebcurpvrf; a discovery from sociology that's widely appealed to here on LW, in such contexts as the study of decision theories.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 11 December 2012 06:36:09PM 0 points [-]

I'm adding to that below, in rot13, but let me first ask another question: have you looked for such claims, or is this strictly a rhetorical question?

A Google search of things like /discovery sociology/ or "sociological discovery" didn't lead anywhere useful, but I don't know how one would systematically look without already having a lot more familiarity with the field than I do. That doesn't make it a rhetorical question though.

Comment author: Morendil 11 December 2012 07:01:33PM 1 point [-]

Fair enough. WP was my starting point - it didn't seem too hard to turn up relatively robust-looking claims.