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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (56 children)

Physics majors have every right to dunk on polisci. Too many majors throw around the word "science" to try to give their made-up voodoo legitimacy.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (28 children)

Political Science is the study of political systems and behaviours employing the scientific method. It's a sub field of social science and a very new one, at less than 150 years old. Political philosophy is of course much older.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (20 children)

employing the scientific method

Really? They have control groups? Blind and A/B testing? Hypothesis that they set out to reject?

I'm sure they have methods but are they scientific?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You make those claims without ever having looked into polisci studies. Not really looking to reject your own hypothesis.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A literature review comes first in science. I asked questions. I did not make claims.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

no what comes first is an observation...which you can make about anything...including society...

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