The Vast Majority of Sociology is Useless.

I'll just post additional arguments and I'll do a fully-fledged rebuttal by the final round. Let's begin. In total, I will offer 5 main contentions by the end of this round.Alternatives to Quantitative Research results in unattended data clustersAs I had demonstrated in the previous round, the validity of quantitative research in relation to its aim was questionable. However, Opponents may attempt to take the alternative that is to conduct case-by case studies and replicate it to a larger level. From there onwards, they can argue that a certain degree of representation exist by the combination of all the studies they’ve gathered.I must assert that this sort of assumption is false on almost all counts. The failures of alternative research are commonly plagued with the lack of control and this lack of control makes it almost impossible to replicate, given how each research case is almost unique.Alternative social theorists often tirade how each of their study relates to the bigger picture and how everything provides a context of understanding. For example, we can take Lynn Davidman’s work. Her book contains the famous quote from Clifford Geertz stating(1):“Believing, with Max Weber, that [humans are] animal[s] suspended in webs of significance [they themselves have] spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore not an experimental science in search of laws but an interpretive one in search of meaning” ~Clifford Geertz, “Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture” Further, through the lens of participant observation, Lynn argues that an interpretive framework provides the correct context of understanding (1). Bear in mind, participant observation demands that the researcher to be actually there, physically and mentally taking notes (1). Field scientists must abstain from judging, communicating in a hostile way and must not in any way, cloud their ideologies with their own opinions. These aren’t pre-prepared speeches; these are instances which social theorists must act with extreme caution. Any infraction will cloud the data with subjective results and so will ultimately nullify any objective sense of the case study.The failure doesn’t come with the methodology; the failure comes with the inadequacies that plague human interaction. It is almost impossible to attain these goals without creating the ripples that they originally intend to avoid. A scientist cannot expect an objective analysis when they themselves are socializing with the group. Growing ties and making friendship will likely cloud the result and so puts the study into the same pitfall as the previous methodologies of research. Not a single alternative can be proven to be adequate. I stand my ground in believing that sociology is a useless subject.The Queue of Legitimate ConcernsWhen one argues against the usefulness of one particular discipline, it is important to consider firsthand the priorities and the needs of society. If the priority of attaining religious understanding weighs less than solving current crisis such as the issues with modern health problems, then social scientists must give way to those concerns. Be it in technology or in spirituality, ranking such priorities according to the needs and importance of society provides the bedrock for societal advancement in the best way possible.This is not to be taken as subjective. We are not floating in a sea of subjective realities in such that we must give equal concern to all. I’ll provide one direct example from the development of astronomy. During the brawl of the Copernican system and the Aristotelian System, the center of debates revolves around whether or not the sun is the actual center of the universe. For the Aristotelian side, the earth has to be the center; for the Galileon side, the sun has to be the center of the universe. Neither Simplicio(Aristotelian Advocate) nor Salviati(Galileon Advocate) ever consider the fact that our solar system may not be the center at all (2). Neither one of them ever consider that humanity may actually grasp beyond the 3 dimensional structure. While both were intertwined in these debates that were politicized and religiously inspired, there was another discipline, Tychonian Science (3). Tychonian science was able to make accurate positions of the solar system and so the achievements of the discipline bring forth more scientific faith into the field. Tycho was revered so much that everyone awarded him with his very own fort, the Stjerneborg and he was even awarded with yet more wooden astronomical instruments(4). However, Tycho’s alternate solar system deviates so far from the truth that his discipline was rendered useless by the time scientists were able to determine the distance of the parallax(3).This is the perfect example of how an endorsed scientific institution becomes utter useless in the new age. This is the perfect example of how a particularly revered science, a science which most medieval philosophers wouldn’t question in terms of validity, becomes futile. It is sad to see that such a discipline was lost by the end of the 19th Century.Sociology falls in the same pit. It is under the same predicament as Tychonian Science. It’s legitimate concerns of attempts to understand social concepts are undermined by the failure of social scientists especially when it comes to applying the methodologies that they themselves devised. Their vision of an objective value is met with biasness, unattended data clusters and oversight of extraneous variables.It’s time to drop this discipline when we have other more legitimate concerns to address. Nobody cares if society has a predisposition to religion; nobody cares whether the researcher encounters difficulties in observing as a participant. The uselessness of this field must be realized. Sources: (1)Tradition in a Rootless World: Women Turn to Orthodox Judaism, Chapter 3-6, Lynn Davidman(2)Dialogue Concerning The Chief World System, Galileo Galilei, Translator Stillman Drake, Editor Stephen Jay Gould(3) http://www.polaris.iastate.edu...(4) https://en.wikipedia.org...