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[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

Im asking these questions to asses what you actually understand science to be.

The term “social science” reeks of insecurity to me because other than using the scientific method, they are not a sciences at all, but I guess academics needed a way to to defend themselves from the bullying physicists.

Do you have a degree, or better yet a terminal degree in a science field? What is your actual academic experience in doing social science experiments?

[-] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have a degree, but not in science. Does that make me unqualified to state that the field of psychology, and most other social sciences lack the epistemic rigor of something like physics or biology and therefore are not real sciences?

I’ll repeat it, psychology is a science in much the same way that medieval medicine was a science. It may one day become an actual science much like medieval medicine became a science.

What is your field?

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