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> in physics you can do experiments quite easily, and in the social sciences and economics, you can't. Which is exactly why neither are actual science.
by ur-whale 5y ago
> in physics you can do experiments quite easily, and in the social sciences and economics, you can't.
Which is exactly why neither are actual science.
- UIUC_06 5y agowell, I wouldn't compare them to physics or chemistry, for sure. Sometimes you have a natural experiment which may tell you something. But then, almost by definition, no one can replicate it.
- jhbadger 5y agoSo astrophysics isn't science? You can't just make a supernova on demand. Some sciences are inherently historical -- that is you can look at past events and make models but are powerless to create new events.