Saturday, March 03, 2012

James Q. Wilson, RiP

He was one of those rare "social scientists" that could see lucidly what's going on--and have a positive impact.
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3 comments:

Arelcao Akleos said...

A social scientist with intelligence, clear eyes, and common sense? Well, that type of social scientist is certainly now rarer.

3/03/2012 11:18 AM
Tecumseh said...

Wilson got a PhD from Chicago, and then taught at Harvard. Back in the day. The chances of making it now under the circumstances would be close to nil, no?

3/03/2012 3:16 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...

He could probably, if young, still get his PhD from Chicago. He'd, however, have zero probability of getting a tenured post at Harvard...
...Chances are he'd have to get a gig helping Hanson tend to his farm, and scrounging for time on the side to write his books.

3/03/2012 7:51 PM

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