From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:40:21 -0500

Sorry for the mistake, Ari.  Do you consider game theory to be
"scientific"? It is heavily used by political scientists and was
co-invented by someone most people would consider a scientist, John
Von Neumann.

Sandy Thatcher

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From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:21:54 -0700

This is indeed the case for the string theory, Sandy. (You misspelled
my name though). And some physicists (like Lee Smolin) often raise
their voice on that issue.

But despite of this drawback (of being ambivalent on the status of the
string theory), Physics is a science. It falsified many theories,
starting with those by Aristotle and finishing with recent
steady-state theory (of continuous creation).

While again - I have never heard that Political science disproved
anything. Even Marx's theory still flourishes, though probably is less
visible than at its heyday.

Ari Belenkiy



On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:29 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:53:20 -0500

By Mr. Belensky's definition, superstring theory cannot be
"scientific"  since there are currently no ways of experimentally
verifying or disconfirming it.  Much of physical cosmology would also
be ruled out under his definition.

Sandy Thatcher



> From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:29:24 -0700
>
> Science - by definition - is the field, which allows for replicating
> experiments. You can demonstrate you statement again and again.
>
> Politics denies even a possibility of replication of any experiment.
> For example, there is nothing in politics which is considered
> disproved.
>
> Therefore attaching to it the word "science" is an oxymoron.
> "Political science" is simply a venue to produce political coterie.
> Cum grano salis, I would compare it with Hollywood.

> True, NSF may sponsor science fiction movies. It also may sponsor
> political science "research" and thus the future politicians who argue
> for increase of funding of ... NSF. A vicious circle?
>
> Ari Belenkiy