Behavioral Quote by Nicholas A. Christakis

The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

Science and technology are going to be the basis for many of the solutions to social problems.

— Frances Arnold

It makes sense for social scientists to become more involved in policy because many of society's most challenging problems are, in essence, behavioral.

— Richard Thaler

Whether...a change from the supremacy of natural science to a new social science will take place...depends on one factor: how many brilliant, learned, disciplined,…

— Erich Fromm

There is only one social science and we are its practitioners

— George Stigler

“Unless social sciences can be as creative as natural science, our new tools are not likely to be of much use to us.”

— Edgar Douglas Adrian

What I'm pushing for is an economic discipline that will be closer to other social sciences; in particular, we should be more pragmatic about…

— Thomas Piketty

There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.

— James D. Watson

Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is…

— Michael Kinsley

Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In my work, I am not attempting to predict the future. I am only pointing out what is possible with the intelligent application and…

— Jacque Fresco

If society has a technical need, that helps science forward more than ten universities.

— Paul A. Baran