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ISTPP: A Rebuttal to Voodoo Science (2917 words) |
 | He explains that science is supposed to show the way to resolving controversy, by taking recourse to experimentation. |
| Despite his lip service to the cause of objective science, Park appears to feel the hypothesis of Hagelin’s study is ridiculous on its face, and that no serious investigation of the claim is necessary. |
| Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. |
| The Voodoo Sciences (3596 words) |
| However much our Chief Voodoo Advisor protested that his work was scientific, wed demand some kind of track record, some evidence that his predictions might once in a while come true; while we impose no such burdens on economists, which is just as well, since their track record is one of universally dismal failure. |
| This gap is exacerbated to the extent that either scientists or humanists believe there is scientific value in the social sciences. In my judgment there is very little science in the social sciences, and the use of the word science to describe these disciplines is generally either mendacious or farcical. |
| I would be far more willing to believe that the two cultures could coexist, however, were it not for the contamination of the social sciences, which pose as sciences to the humanists, and humanities to the scientists, but which are not in fact much good as either. |
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