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Usually if you have to add 'science' to a term its not science.
by blobbers 1y ago
Usually if you have to add 'science' to a term its not science.
- jdiff 1y agoWe do that incredibly often just to refer to only one part of an incredibly broad concept of "science." Sometimes they get unique terms like "physics" or "chemistry," but not always. This is not a rule that can accurately be applied to all terms matching the pattern "____ science."
- ternaryoperator 1y agoWait…so you’re saying computer science isn’t science? /s
- sapphicsnail 1y agoWhat we call science is short for natural science. Science just comes from the Latin word for knowledge. Different disciplines have different ways of building knowledge. That doesn't necessarily make one better or worse.
- iberator 1y agoComputer science?