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How else would you classify psychology?

• paganel 14y ago
  Not the OP, but I think for example that psychology "sins" a lot when it comes to "reproducibility" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducibility). Then again, I'm one who also thinks that the only true science is mathematics.
  • ArtB 14y ago
    > the only true science is mathematics Not to hate, but I hate it went "purists" restrict a words definition to the point that it is useless. Math is the only science that has no use, ever, for lab coats or experiments or physical objects and benefits people only in the most indirect ways. Really, math is -IMHO- closer to philosophy. It is about developing logical and consistent models, but in math they are just easier to verify their consistency.
  • lutusp 14y ago
    > ... I'm one who also thinks that the only true science is mathematics. I happen to agree philosophically, but I have been in a number of debates on this topic in which the empirical nature of science, and the requirement for perpetual falsifiability of scientific theories by new evidence, was used to argue that mathematics isn't really science as strictly defined. After due consideration, I have been forced to the conclusion that, if perpetual falsifiability and an empirical basis are required for science, then mathematics is in a category all its own. Having said that, I still regard mathematics as the purest "science": http://xkcd.com/435/ http://xkcd.com/435/