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My rule of thumb is that if a subject area includes the word "science" in its title, it is less likely to follow the scientific method. Physicists don't assert
by ocfnash 8y ago
My rule of thumb is that if a subject area includes the word "science" in its title, it is less likely to follow the scientific method.
Physicists don't assert that they study "physics science", nor do chemists describe their subject as "chemistry science".
It's only a rule of thumb of course. There are exceptions (computer science, neuroscience, ...) but I think it works in a lot of cases: "social science", "management science", "data science", ...
It's a bit like how if a country includes the word "democratic" in its title, it's less likely to be a real democracy.
- sideshowb 8y agoComputer science isn't an exception, it mostly mathematics
- ocfnash 8y agoI tend to agree, I was thinking this as I wrote the above.
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- madhadron 8y ago> My rule of thumb is that if a subject area includes the word "science" in its title, it is less likely to follow the scientific method. > Physicists don't assert that they study "physics science", nor do chemists describe their subject as "chemistry science". Fortunately, most of the people in question study "economics", "psychology", "sociology", "anthropology", and so are exempt from this heuristic.