Prop 68

[zoedragon]

Originally Posted by xkai

Actually political science has quite a it of math...especially game theory...to the extent that it is considered an applied form of it. The discipline really isn't the study of "politics," it's more of a study of power and the balance and means of attaining it, and predicting the future given current information and models. It's kind of the antithesis of history where you study the past to understand the present...rather you study today to predict tomorrow.

That's good to know xkai, I can see the science in that. But shouldn't we study yesterday to predict tomorrow? Because isn't it like that Propellerheads song, "It's all just a little bit of history repeating!"

[xkai]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

That's good to know xkai, I can see the science in that. But shouldn't we study yesterday to predict tomorrow? Because isn't it like that Propellerheads song, "It's all just a little bit of history repeating!"

Well...it's more along the lines of studying, for example, current government policies and using those to determine where future policies should go and whatnot.

On the other hand you are quite right, history doesn't die, it's just an endless loop! You can always see the past in the present whether or not those who are the movers and shakers realize how much a parallel it is.

[Kristie]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

I'd be interested to see who IS in favor of this proposition. The race tracks and card rooms to be sure. What I found interesting was that the contact FOR Prop 68 is Sheriff Lee Baca and Sheriff Lou Blanas. Why are two sherriffs listed as contacts in FAVOR of this prop when the organization they represent is against it? Then again I didn't catch WHICH sheriff's organization they were from.

LEE BACA, Sheriff
County of Los Angeles

LOU BLANAS, Sheriff
County of Sacramento

ROY BURNS, President
Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS)

[Steven]

Originally Posted by xkai

Actually political science has quite a bit of math...especially game theory...to the extent that it is considered an applied form of it. The discipline really isn't the study of "politics," it's more of a study of power and the balance and means of attaining it, and predicting the future given current information and models. It's kind of the antithesis of history where you study the past to understand the present...rather you study today to predict tomorrow.

Are you implying that math is a science? Math is not science. Science involves experimentation. Math does not conduct experiments.

Science typically uses math, but that does not mean that everything that uses math is science.