tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294858717729936108.post4470503692000768094..comments2023-07-18T15:39:41.072+02:00Comments on Remix IT to the Streets: Regarding the so called "soft" sciencesSargothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889992594644216887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294858717729936108.post-17871381016491413782015-10-14T07:18:50.026+02:002015-10-14T07:18:50.026+02:00I usually don't use those words, but I think o...I usually don't use those words, but I think of the scinences as two groups: the ones where every question has exactly one answer which can be calculated correctly with a formula. And the ones where there are many possible answers and it is much harder to convey which is the correct one or if there even is one. I find what you call soft in the text above way too hard and prefer not to touch them. <br /><br />That being said, if you get physics wrong (and it sometimes happens) people die too. If you get the cable dimensions on an elevator wrong people can plummit to their deaths. If you do not anticipate airplanes hitting a skyscraper and do not get the support dimensioned for that (would probably look ridiculous), the building will collapse in such an event. And so on. Viddehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894530420161161177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294858717729936108.post-57558260953296834722013-11-12T13:33:50.268+01:002013-11-12T13:33:50.268+01:00There's plenty of people who considers themsel...There's plenty of people who considers themselves reasonable that can say (with the straightest of faces) that sociology is just a load of bunk, and that the only thing that matters are the "real" sciences. Mainly physics, that bastion of applied knowledge.<br /><br />There is an interesting subsection of these people, that maintain that all soft/social sciences are bunk, except economy, which somehow is elevated to near truthhood. I can't say I understand why, or how, but they do tend to be pretty vocal about it once they get going.Sargothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889992594644216887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294858717729936108.post-77911230301528786312013-11-12T10:49:18.902+01:002013-11-12T10:49:18.902+01:00I don't think any reasonable person would say ...I don't think any reasonable person would say that the soft sciences are not dealing with important matters, but then again I'm not quite sure what you mean by "soft" and "softness" in your text.<br /><br />If you mean soft as in opposite to hard as in difficult, I'd say it's been pretty well established that that's a very bad description. Heck, every time I've heard about some "hard-scientist" giving soft science a go, it's the same story. Worst case scenario, they yell "Why is this so hard!?" and give up. Best case is pretty much the same thing, although they are a bit more literate about it.<br /><br />Anyway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com