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That subset of "sciences" aren't sciences by definition if they are not reproducible. They may be useful but they are not sciences.

• AlotOfReading 5y ago
  If your personal definition of sciences doesn't include evolutionary biology, geology, or large parts of astronomy, it's a very unusual definition. All I can tell you is that most people would disagree.
  • euanc 5y ago
    That's ok with me. I think it's very important to distinguish between the two endeavors and ideally have different names for them so we don't get led into these kinds of otherwise unnecessary discussions. The domains you mention seem (to me) generally worthwhile. But it's very hard to articulate exactly why they seem that way given we can't reproduce them which makes their results hard to justify believing in.