R. P. Feynman on social sciences
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A two-minute clip of Richard Feynman on the social sciences, discussing what counts as real science versus pseudo science.
HN cites it in threads on psychology replication and weak research as Feynman's critique of pseudo science.
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3 comments from Hacker News
R. P. Feynman on social sciences: ▶ this video Psychology, economics, climatology. World is literally run by "almost-sciences" claiming to have an authority of "full-science".
Richard P. Feynman on pseudo science: ▶ this video BTW, I come from the field of robotics and there, hardly any published result is replicated either.
Actually, people still say that sociology, and other social "sciences" are not science. You're assuming that the scientific method is science, but its more than that. Many modern fields of endeavor call themselves sciences mostly because of the success of science. They only superficially emulate science. This includes Computer Science, which is really mathematics and engineering. Feynman himself speaks about it: ▶ this video