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JakobVirgil  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Anti-intellectual attacks on anthropology

The track records of both of those fields suggest I am right. both of them are at the level of medieval blood letting. But they may be getting better . good article





b_b  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is absolutely beyond doubt that physics can prove causality. The transistor was built from first principles, for example. That didn't happen by accident.

JakobVirgil  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think this ordering illustrates my views.

math

physics

chemistry

biology

ecology

sociology/anthropology

political science /economics

phrenology

astrology

homeopathy

Austrian school economics

(notice history is not on the list because it is orthogonal to science. It is a valid and noble pursuit it just is impotent when it comes to causality.)

JakobVirgil  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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JakobVirgil  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think this ordering illustrates my views.

math

physics

chemistry

biology

ecology

sociology/anthropology

political science /economics

phrenology

astrology

homeopathy

Austrian school economics

(notice history is not on the list because it is orthogonal to science. It is a valid and noble pursuit it just has nothing to do with causality.)