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Old 03-13-2004, 03:53 PM   #20 (permalink)
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First, let me state what I'm comparing it against.

Hard Sciences - Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Georgraphy, Geology, Mathematics

The rest... fall under science, because they employ the scientific method.

My opinion is that psychology does not fall into the same realm as the above hard sciences, because follow the scientific method, you should get same results. Those that say randomness and chance coming into play, yes, but the purpose of scientific method is to exclude all variables but one allowing one to make an observation and compare it against a control subject. The human mind and condition cannot be eliminated and so randomness and other factors can come into play.
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