http://sine-qua-non.net Political and economic analyst | Compulsive news addict | Bibliophile | Londoner | Wabi-Sabi Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:24:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/10/where-have-all-the-big-ideas-gone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-have-all-the-big-ideas-gone http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/10/where-have-all-the-big-ideas-gone/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:57:49 +0000 Suze http://sine-qua-non.net/?p=734 Science (and Social Science, by extension) has its rightful place in the trenches, at the borders of human understanding. Yet, I’m trying to reconcile the meaning of daily activity – reading of papers on 18th century mercantilism, and the endless debating of merits of Large-N studies, with the ‘Big Picture’. Doing research requires you to [...]]]> http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/10/where-have-all-the-big-ideas-gone/feed/ 2