Sorry, that might be too local: Beta = natural science, alpha = humanities, gamma = social science. So my point is even humanities and social sciences are beco

Sorry, that might be too local: Beta = natural science, alpha = humanities, gamma = social science. So my point is even humanities and social sciences are becoming more empirical (at least in subfields, and the retort that a lot of statistics got founded in humanities is well taken) and they are using the tools that are popular and widely known.