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To: Coyoteman

Biology isn't a soft science. Just squishy. It's not as austere as physics and astronomy, but I regard it as one of the "hard sciences."


15 posted on 01/26/2006 12:13:56 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Biology isn't a soft science. Just squishy. It's not as austere as physics and astronomy, but I regard it as one of the "hard sciences."

Biology! Bah! Those folks never even leave the lab. Bunch of softies.

Now archaeology, that a hard science. Can't tell you how many rattlers I have had to kick off the trails (they're pretty good sauteed in white wine, a little olive oil, etc.--but the little ones are way too bony).

17 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:05 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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Certainly, Molecular Biology is a pretty 'hard' science.


21 posted on 01/26/2006 12:26:15 PM PST by expatpat
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To: PatrickHenry
Biology isn't a soft science. Just squishy. It's not as austere as physics and astronomy, but I regard it as one of the "hard sciences."

in some ways physics is less empirical than biology.

63 posted on 01/26/2006 3:21:41 PM PST by Rudder
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