SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Correlation Does Not Imply Causation, Totalitarianism, Data Analysis
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An idea whose time has come - earl babbie. Interaction and relations among humans including how humans live together and the rules are coming to existence. For this reason babbie claims that sociology is an idea whose time has come. Danger of localized wars among ethnic groups spilling over into wider, global conflict. This danger is made worse by the possibility that relatively small, impoverished nations could gain access to nuclear weapons, giving terrorists the opportunity to spark international conflagration. If we escape threat of nuclear extinction, there is a real possibility that we will overpopulate and pollute the planet beyond is carrying capacity. One fifth of all humans on the planet go to bed hungry every night. Add to this such persistent problems as crime, inflation, unemployment, prejudice totalitarianism and national debts, and you have sufficient grounds for understanding the ancient chinese curse, may you live in interesting times .