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b_b  ·  2999 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yes, Economics is a Science

I think much of modern neuroscience, and all of "neuropsychology," have far more in common with phrenology and crainiometry than they do with physics or chemistry. That's really the salient point I want to make.

Science really isn't about discovering the truth. It's just a systematic way of asking and answering questions. If the system you devise if flawed, then the answers will be flawed as well. They questions we ask, they way in which we ask them, and how we interpret the answers, are affected greatly by our upbringing. This has been proved many times over, but somehow each generation thinks that they're the one who has shed this baggage.