See... I knew I wasn't clear... I thought that was what I said... lol.
Everything can be answered scientifically... provided our philosophies evolve enough to elucidate the evidence.
Your example is choice, actually... I think if Political Science and Geology got into a "who is more science-y" fight, Political Science would end up in the hospital.
Which I expect SOUNDS like an insult to Political Science, but that assertion assumes that (per societal norms) I don't respect philosophy.
"Hard science", "Soft Science", and "Philosophy" are... vague and tenuous titles at best.
A lot of it I expect comes to down Ego, we all want our thing to be "real".
While in many respects, engineering is a science, engineers tend to be kids with blocks... following any sort of scientific procedure would dramatically damage the capacity of the field to grow.
Even inside "Engineering" we have fields (like mine, software) which sidle up next to Architecture and Geological Engineers and try to look like they belong in the same room.
Then all of us Engineers sneak into to the big Summer Formal for Science, and sidle up next to the Nuclear Physicists and Geologists, and try to look like we belong there.
On the other side of them, there are Economists and Archeologists, with the same nervous faces... and sidled up next to them, Political Scientists and FBI Profilers.
The software guys and the profilers try not to make eye contact for fear of the reflection we might see.
Everything can be answered scientifically... provided our philosophies evolve enough to elucidate the evidence.
Your example is choice, actually... I think if Political Science and Geology got into a "who is more science-y" fight, Political Science would end up in the hospital.
Which I expect SOUNDS like an insult to Political Science, but that assertion assumes that (per societal norms) I don't respect philosophy.
"Hard science", "Soft Science", and "Philosophy" are... vague and tenuous titles at best.
A lot of it I expect comes to down Ego, we all want our thing to be "real".
While in many respects, engineering is a science, engineers tend to be kids with blocks... following any sort of scientific procedure would dramatically damage the capacity of the field to grow.
Even inside "Engineering" we have fields (like mine, software) which sidle up next to Architecture and Geological Engineers and try to look like they belong in the same room.
Then all of us Engineers sneak into to the big Summer Formal for Science, and sidle up next to the Nuclear Physicists and Geologists, and try to look like we belong there.
On the other side of them, there are Economists and Archeologists, with the same nervous faces... and sidled up next to them, Political Scientists and FBI Profilers.
The software guys and the profilers try not to make eye contact for fear of the reflection we might see.
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