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No. There are many methods beyond the controlled experiment. The natural experiment is one, which is extremely important in epidemiology for example. You don't
by noelwelsh 3y ago
No. There are many methods beyond the controlled experiment. The natural experiment is one, which is extremely important in epidemiology for example. You don't show smoking is harmful by setting up a control group to smoke incessantly for 30 years. Your view of science is far too narrow.
- lmm 3y agoYour view is far too broad. There are many rigorous (and less rigorous) fields of study that are not sciences; if everything is a science then the term becomes useless. (I'm quite content with saying epidemiology is not a science; it draws from scientific knowledge but involves non-scientific study as well, much like history).