Emile Durkheim suggests that "social facts" impose themselves on people in such a way that they are taken for granted. Yet theories of social interaction described by Harvey Molotch (TSP, Chapter 4) and Erving Goffman in essays we have read suggests that social phenomena are largely produced by face to face interactions between people who are "performing". How do these theories differ? What would be required to enable them fit together?

Ascientist successfully predicts the outcome of an experiment. you watch carefully and know he didn't cheat. the scientist's success shows that: a) the scientist knows absolute truth about this experiment; success is not possible unless you know the truthb) the scientist was just lucky; no one ever knows what's going on, so successful predictions require luckc) the scientist may know the truth, or at least know something that is close to the truth, or the scientist may have gotten lucky this time; you can't be absolutely sured) the scientist really was cheating, even though you didn't see the cheating; no one can get things right, except by cheatinge) the scientist spent the night at a particular hotel chain and go a free breakfast, giving the scientist the ability to do amazing things