> The scientific method is a thin veneer best left at in the high school curriculum where it belongs.
Are you seriously belittling the scientific method. It's the central idea within real science.
> Actual science is vastly more messy and interesting.
Actual science relies on the scientific method. Pseudoscience ( like economics, psychology, social "science" ) do not rely on the scientific method.
The problem with economics is that it isn't predictive and testable. That's why you cannot scientifically test capitalism vs communism. Economics is a religion where you worship a prophet ( such as Adams or Marx ) rather than produce testable and verifiable hypothesis.
You can objectively and empirically test assertions in astronomy. You can't in economics.
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> The scientific method is a thin veneer best left at in the high school curriculum where it belongs.
Are you seriously belittling the scientific method. It's the central idea within real science.
> Actual science is vastly more messy and interesting.
Actual science relies on the scientific method. Pseudoscience ( like economics, psychology, social "science" ) do not rely on the scientific method.
The problem with economics is that it isn't predictive and testable. That's why you cannot scientifically test capitalism vs communism. Economics is a religion where you worship a prophet ( such as Adams or Marx ) rather than produce testable and verifiable hypothesis.
You can objectively and empirically test assertions in astronomy. You can't in economics.