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EP 190 Peter Turchin on Cliodynamics and End Times

The Jim Rutt Show

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The Importance of Data in Historical Science

History makes it difficult to do the gold standard of science, which is the double blind experiment. So we have to rely instead on data, right? But keep in mind that there are lots of sciences that cannot do experimentation. There are plenty of data coming from archaeology and many other sciences that can help us test theories. What is required is a search for proxies.

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