psychohistory
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Harris plays Hari Seldon, creator of psychohistory, a mathematical crystal ball that has predicted a coming dark age, and as such he is anathema to the cloned triumvirate who have ruled the galaxy for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Seldon has developed a theory of psychohistory, a mixture of history, sociology, and mathematical statistics, which he uses to make general predictions about the fate of future populations.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2021
But I think part of my bigger issue with the show is Seldon and psychohistory as a whole.
From The Verge ● Sep. 23, 2021
The notion captivated fans like the economist Paul Krugman, who recalled of the mathematician and psychologist portrayed by Asimov as the creator of psychohistory: “I grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
More generally, Campbell had always been obsessed by the possibility of a truly scientific psychology, which he believed would have predictive power along the lines of the fictional science of psychohistory in Asimov’s Foundation series.
From Nature ● Oct. 9, 2018
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