Comment by stackskipton

Comment by stackskipton 3 days ago

Argument is that economists knew exactly what would happen when they got linked with Nobel Prizes and help solidify economics as hard science like physics, medicine or math in eyes of the public. Begin debate around how scientific is some economics.

croes 3 days ago

Is math considered a science?

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stackskipton 3 days ago

Yes?
You can form hypothesis and prove it or not.

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- croes 2 days ago
  
  But science is based on empirical methods.
  Math isn’t empirical. You don’t do experiments in maths do gain knowledge.
  It’s not a natural science and not a social science so that leaves formal science but math in a requirement for formal science. Math can’t be its own requirement so it’s not a formal science either.
  
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