▲ 456 ▼ economics is not a hard science (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by an_onanist@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mind@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Economics is the hardest social science, because it uses the most math. It's somewhere between physics and sociology. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That doesn't make any sense. Anything involving math is relatively easy because there's only one right answer. A lot of people have this backwards because they have shitty math education and seem to think higher maths are akin to some kind of alchemy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hard science as in "has a right answer", as opposed to a soft science that is more subjective. I'm not referring to difficulty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Great. I'm not referring to your ideas. I'm referring to popular understanding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That doesn't make any sense. Anything involving math is relatively easy because there's only one right answer. A lot of people have this backwards because they have shitty math education and seem to think higher maths are akin to some kind of alchemy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hard science as in "has a right answer", as opposed to a soft science that is more subjective. I'm not referring to difficulty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Great. I'm not referring to your ideas. I'm referring to popular understanding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hard science as in "has a right answer", as opposed to a soft science that is more subjective. I'm not referring to difficulty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Great. I'm not referring to your ideas. I'm referring to popular understanding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Great. I'm not referring to your ideas. I'm referring to popular understanding. permalink fedilink source parent