• Caveman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m under the impression that it’s half math half psychology of groups.

    • Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, part of ecology looks at relationships between groups of organisms, and economics looks at relationships between economic agents. Those relationships require understanding of behaviours and motivations of those groups.