[aruanan]

“Why don’t you creationist bozos give your own seriously flawed theory the same critique that most real scientists give their own pet theories. Bounce it against the data and the facts.”

This happens most often in physics, chemistry, and the biological sciences, least often in disciplines like evolutionary biology and cosmology. The difference is that in the former the subject matter is more likely than not to bite you in the ass if you're making a mistake; in the latter, it will readily adopt and hold any pose you put it in.

[jessduntno]

“This happens most often in physics, chemistry, and the biological sciences, least often in disciplines like evolutionary biology and cosmology. The difference is that in the former the subject matter is more likely than not to bite you in the ass if you’re making a mistake; in the latter, it will readily adopt and hold any pose you put it in.”

The former are sciences; the latter are guesswork and theory. Why they are referred to as “disciplines” escapes me, because it appears as though very little discipline is very often shown.