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it’s fundamentally unscientific at this point. much of our current science lies in the realm of natural law. so far we haven’t found any laws that govern human
by yawboakye 3y ago
it’s fundamentally unscientific at this point. much of our current science lies in the realm of natural law. so far we haven’t found any laws that govern human behavior. what we know, with considerable certainty, is that behavior can be positively influenced. but at the point of action, nothing we know of compels any specific/predictable behavior. until we have found rigid laws of reasons that apply to both the brute and the civilized, any ‘discoveries’ of psychology are reports of someone’s idiosyncrasies, imho.
- knightoffaith 3y agoIs it not scientific to say that X property is true of human behavior more often that it is not with statistical significance?
- sn9 3y agoThere's nothing about the scientific method that requires the process to output tidy little laws to be deserving of being called science. Some fields are quite lucky that the universe is so elegantly organized, but for that isn't true for the overwhelming majority of fields with as many degrees of freedom as biological systems and anything more complex. That doesn't mean we can't conduct experiments that reproduce.