Shannon asked:

What kinds of questions would a sociologist ask? Do you think that there are any commonalities
between humans today and those of say 10,000 years ago?

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I see at least one difference. 10.000 years ago there were no sociologists, these appeared at the
beginning of the 18th century, shortly after the Enlightenment

What remained the same is that humans survive because of using their creative talents.

Sociological questions are based on Cartesian mathematics, i.e. the assumption is that you can build
a large structure using knowledge about very small structures. Wittgenstein already rejected his view
when younger that anypicture reflects in some way reality. That means that in his final view
sociological pictures might be complete fantasies.

Does that discredit sociology? No. It only says that it produces fantasies, and like all dreams they
might contain some 'truth'.

Henk Tuten