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Every time you interview a user or set up a survey to determine customer preferences, you're using techniques developed from social sciences.


All the video games and online gambling trying to maximize micro transactions and revenue are too.


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Mostly you are doing statistics, which is math. Social science (when it is the good thing) also uses statistics to get answers to questions.


It is an interesting point.

However, I can do these things without studying social science. Basically what you described is "talking to people" and "gathering information"




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