Comments, observations and thoughts from two bloggers on applied statistics, higher education and epidemiology. Joseph is an associate professor. Mark is a professional statistician and former math teacher.
At the risk of putting words into Smith's mouth, what I think he meant was that any discipline can make models/theories but what distinguishes science is the ability to discard bad ones in a reliable and efficient way.
Huh? I think it's both.
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ReplyDeleteAt the risk of putting words into Smith's mouth, what I think he meant was that any discipline can make models/theories but what distinguishes science is the ability to discard bad ones in a reliable and efficient way.