If I’m being honest, I enjoyed the psycho history reading. It was pretty fun and felt like it come out of a futuristic sci-fi novel. The problem is I don’t actually know where it comes from. Echoing the concerns of “Sjalloway” I’m not sure what the context or background of this story is at all. Who are the characters, what are they doing, what is “Trantor”. None of these questions seem relevant to our coursework, or maybe they should be. I’m not sure at all where psychohistory fits in to our course. In fact I’m not sure where it fits in at all. The process seems rather arbitrary and I don’t know what information is backing what they are doing. Additionally, why is it called psychohistory if it is primarily math based. This reading leaves me very confused about what I’m looking at and I’m hoping things will get cleared up in class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If I’m being honest, I enjoyed the psycho history reading. It was pretty fun and felt like it come out of a futuristic sci-fi novel. The problem is I don’t actually know where it comes from. Echoing the concerns of “Sjalloway” I’m not sure what the context or background of this story is at all. … <\/p>\n

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