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The elephant in the room is that humanities have zero predictive power Are they meant to? I don't read Tolstoy or play the piano because I think it will enable
by EliRivers 9y ago
The elephant in the room is that humanities have zero predictive power
Are they meant to? I don't read Tolstoy or play the piano because I think it will enable me to predict the future.
- wolf550e 9y agoArts are not meant to have predictive power. Sciences should have predictive power. The study of literature and music is the study of art. If psychology or sociology currently have little predictive power, they should be called arts instead of sciences. Falsifiability is the corner stone of science.