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Absolutely; I'm not disputing that in general, psychology is harder to pin down - any experiments are on something vastly complicated that is really hard to iso

• myWindoonn 5y ago
  Particle physics is younger than psychology and yet far more effective; why? There is a qualitative difference between the sciences which generate predictive models and those which cannot.
  • dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Particle physics is younger than psychology and yet far more effective; why? “Physics” isn’t, though, just carving out of particle physics as a distincg niche within it. But mostly the difference is particle physics deals with simpler systems in which the parts are easier to isolate. > There is a qualitative difference between the sciences which generate predictive models and those which cannot. No, there isn’t; all sciences, including psychology, generate predictive models. There’s a quantitative difference in the degree of uncertaintity expected in predictive models in various sciences which affects testing models, and is a product of the degree of difficulty of isolating the effect modelled from potentially confounding influences.