From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net)
Date: Mon May 24 1999 - 09:45:11 MDT
> Physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology study matter and energy;
> hard sciences. Sociology, cultural anthropology, economics,
> political science study the aggregate habits of interacting people;
> soft science.
"Economics" is misplaced here; while its application to human
behavior might be "soft", the science itself is a branch of
mathematics no less hard than Physics. In fact moreso; mathematical
facts are true by definition and tautology--physical law is
merely assumption by lack of counterexample (we've never seen
conservation of mass-energy violated, so we call it a "law").
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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