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Should "soft science" be considered real science? (lemmychan.org)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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spoilerPersonally? No, absolutely not. There should be no differentiating between what can be measured, and what cannot.

I can't help but look at the reproducibility issue in "Psychology" and notice, what did they do about it? Nothing. It just exists. It's not real science.

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[โ€“] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The study of human behavior is more difficult to measure, but can absolutely be held to scientific rigor. In fact, all branches of science have some degree of overlap and interconnection, and thus have blurrier lines than you might expect.

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