88-275 Bubbles: Data Science for Human Minds

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

No one is an island from the casual interactions of daytoday life to the global markets that supply us with the fruits of our technologies, the fabric of experience is woven out of interaction with other people. This course will introduce you to basic ideas in psychology, economics, and the social sciences that help us understand how this happens. Well learn about both the mysterious inner world of human experience, and the equally strange and striking social phenomena that they lead to. Well experiment on ourselves in class to discover unexpected aspects of our own unconscious, and how irrational even the best groups can be. Most importantly, well send you out into the world the physical worlds of CMU and Pittsburgh, and the virtual ones onlineto conduct your own investigations. We know extraordinarily little about the human animal, and the best way to learn is to go look for ourselves.

Prerequisites: 36-200 or 70-207

Offered: Spring 2027

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