[Christian Engineer Mass]

All people-related “sciences” are such bull. sociology, psychology, anthropology - they invent ideas based on the most tenuous of premises, then build even more shaky concepts on those ideas. It’s a house of cards.

If real scientists and engineers made the kind of wild assumptions they do, we would still be in the dark ages.

[muawiyah]

Real engineers made an assumption that they could design a very long interstate bridge in Minneapolis only to see it fall down years before it's time.

[massatoosits]

I’m with you kid. But never forget that some of the assumptions that scientists and PE’s have operated on have led to some disasters as well. I revert to Socrates caution that “all I know is that I know nothing” as a fair way to approach much of everything.

[Sherman Logan]

If real scientists and engineers made the kind of wild assumptions they do, we would still be in the dark ages.

Not to mention that crossing a bridge or flying in an airplane would be very risky activities.

[Zeppo]

If real scientists and engineers made the kind of wild assumptions they do, we would still be in the dark ages.

Unfortunately, some of them actually do, and we still are.

[editor-surveyor]

>> All people-related “sciences” are such bull. sociology, psychology, anthropology - they invent ideas based on the most tenuous of premises, then build even more shaky concepts on those ideas. It’s a house of cards. <<

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But they get federal grants to keep them “researching” in high style!

[oldsicilian]

Don’t worry engineer. You’ll learn to appreciate other sciences in time. Consider, for example, that neuroscience is, in essence, people-related.

[kalee]

As a living historian I often hear people say “oh, I would never have done that.” I point out to them that they are judging people of the past by their 21st century standards and biases.

You see this all the time in womens and queer studies, also in archeology and anthropology. They make up the story to fit their preconceived ideas.