At 12:00 PM 8/30/2008, Nick Arnett wrote: >On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Jon Louis Mann ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > I took an anthropology class in college; I believe it was called > > Comparative Religion. I consider it social science, rather than real > > science. > > Jon > >Aw, c'mon. Social sciences are real science, just messier.
I expect they will become real science, but at the moment they are this disconnected blob floating out there. Real sciences like physics, chemistry and biology merge a the edges into a seamless whole of science. Can't say that about social science yet. EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION "Can evolution really explain how humans think and behave? A prolific new breed of thinkers has taken centre stage in this debate, championing the attempt to understand our mental faculties in the light of evolutionary processes. Christopher Badcock told Fathom that the insights that the social sciences once had into human behaviour are now defunct. He argues that the burgeoning discipline of evolutionary psychology, with its potentially unique combination of genetics, neuroscience, psychology and other disciplines, is the only realistic path to take toward understanding human nature." Introducing Evolutionary Psychology From: London School of Economics and Political Science | By: Christopher Badcock http://www.fathom.com/feature/35533/index.html Keith _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
