OpinionJuly 7, 2020
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of Social Science Modeling
It’s known as the “curse of dimensionality,” and it’s why our estimates of how a disease will behave will always have imprecision
Stories by Ben Klemens
Ben Klemens is a computational social scientist living in Washington, DC, and the co-host of the podcast "Pod Paper Scissors." He holds a Ph.D. in social sciences from Caltech. His publications include papers on the characteristics of within-U.S. movers, theoretical modeling of patent valuation, and measuring poverty from space.