你读过 Duncan Watts 的《Everything Is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer)》或者 Stanislav Andreski 的《Social Sciences as Sorcery》吗？你的文章让我强烈地联想到了这两本书。
Have you read the books Everything Is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer) by Duncan Watts, or Social Sciences as Sorcery by Stanislav Andreski? Your piece reminded me very much of both.
……这篇文章看得我：1）在脑子里罗列起自己的一堆亲身经历（以及我认识的人里运气、坚毅品质 grit、天分等因素有多重要） 2）试图构建一个模型。 3）想起了 Stanislav Andreski 的书《Social Sciences as Sorcery》。 4）回过头继续喝我的咖啡，琢磨点真正有用的东西。
…article that makes me: 1) Set up my own pile of anecdotes (and the importance of luck, grit, natural ability, etc. in people I know) 2) Attempt to build a model. 3) Think about Stanislav Andreski's book 'Social Sciences as Sorcery'. 4) Go back to my coffee and think about something useful.
……比现实还夸张的超级大反派。完全是一种荒谬至极的信仰体系，但从来挡不住一帮又一帮的人对此深信不疑。社会学在很大程度上当然是自说自话、自谋生路的扯淡玩意儿（参考：Stanislav Andreski 的《Social Sciences as Sorcery》），不过很多其他软学科也都这副德行。你也不能怪这帮人顺水推舟吃红利。言归正传回到这篇文章，社会学在很大程度上就是试图用你自己的那一套信仰去给别人洗脑……
…bigger-than-life super villains. An absolutely ridiculous belief system, but that never stopped groups of people from buying into things. Of course sociology is largely self-serving BS (see: Stanislav Andreski: Social Sciences as Sorcery) but then so are a lot of other soft disciplines. You can't blame these people for riding a wave. To tie it back into the article, much of sociology is an attempt to program people with your own belief…
你读过 Duncan Watts 的《Everything Is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer)》或者 Stanislav Andreski 的《Social Sciences as Sorcery》吗？你的文章让我强烈地联想到了这两本书。
Have you read the books Everything Is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer) by Duncan Watts, or Social Sciences as Sorcery by Stanislav Andreski? Your piece reminded me very much of both.
……这篇文章看得我：1）在脑子里罗列起自己的一堆亲身经历（以及我认识的人里运气、坚毅品质 grit、天分等因素有多重要） 2）试图构建一个模型。 3）想起了 Stanislav Andreski 的书《Social Sciences as Sorcery》。 4）回过头继续喝我的咖啡，琢磨点真正有用的东西。
…article that makes me: 1) Set up my own pile of anecdotes (and the importance of luck, grit, natural ability, etc. in people I know) 2) Attempt to build a model. 3) Think about Stanislav Andreski's book 'Social Sciences as Sorcery'. 4) Go back to my coffee and think about something useful.
……比现实还夸张的超级大反派。完全是一种荒谬至极的信仰体系，但从来挡不住一帮又一帮的人对此深信不疑。社会学在很大程度上当然是自说自话、自谋生路的扯淡玩意儿（参考：Stanislav Andreski 的《Social Sciences as Sorcery》），不过很多其他软学科也都这副德行。你也不能怪这帮人顺水推舟吃红利。言归正传回到这篇文章，社会学在很大程度上就是试图用你自己的那一套信仰去给别人洗脑……
…bigger-than-life super villains. An absolutely ridiculous belief system, but that never stopped groups of people from buying into things. Of course sociology is largely self-serving BS (see: Stanislav Andreski: Social Sciences as Sorcery) but then so are a lot of other soft disciplines. You can't blame these people for riding a wave. To tie it back into the article, much of sociology is an attempt to program people with your own belief…
确实是“巫术般的社会科学”（Social sciences as Sorcery）。
'Social sciences as Sorcery' indeed.