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polymathwannabe comments on Open Thread March 7 - March 13, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 08 March 2016 02:47:19PM 0 points [-]

It appears to be an active field of study.

Comment author: Viliam 09 March 2016 09:00:56AM 0 points [-]

The first two links seems mostly about how science influences culture. The third one seems like what I wanted; too bad that the Wikipedia page doesn't contain any conclusions of that research.

Comment author: ChristianKl 08 March 2016 02:57:50PM 0 points [-]

The last Wikipedia article has to be written by a cynic:

Between 2007 and 2011, over one hundred and thirty awards were made in five rounds of funding. The awardees include economists, sociologists, political scientists, and psychologists as well as domain scientists. Some of these awards are already showing results in the form of papers, presentations, software, and data development.