Comments on: History as we rewrite it … http://baboonlogic.com/2007/07/13/history-as-we-rewrite-it/ Baboon Logic - It's Godel proof! Wed, 02 May 2012 16:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Incorrigible Introvert http://baboonlogic.com/2007/07/13/history-as-we-rewrite-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4984 Incorrigible Introvert Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:58:12 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2007/07/13/history-as-we-rewrite-it/#comment-4984 Yes, History is not a strict science like Physics, and that is why I kept the comparison limited to the process of coming up with new theories, which can take a lot of creativity and individuality. I made the comparison with Physics, because both History and Physics are about the reconstruction of reality from the given data. In physics we have a working Universe and we have to guess the rules, in History we have a <em>working</em> past and we have to guess how it happened. Yes, History is not a strict science like Physics, and that is why I kept the comparison limited to the process of coming up with new theories, which can take a lot of creativity and individuality.

I made the comparison with Physics, because both History and Physics are about the reconstruction of reality from the given data. In physics we have a working Universe and we have to guess the rules, in History we have a working past and we have to guess how it happened.

]]> By: Sucharit Sarkar http://baboonlogic.com/2007/07/13/history-as-we-rewrite-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4983 Sucharit Sarkar Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:58:05 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2007/07/13/history-as-we-rewrite-it/#comment-4983 History is not a strict science like Physics, because it is not falsifiable in the strict sense of the term. Given a theory in History, you cannot in general construct an infinite family of experiments, such that if any one of them fail, the theory is wrong. P.S. String theory isn't much of a theory either, and for precisely the same reasons. History is not a strict science like Physics, because it is not falsifiable in the strict sense of the term. Given a theory in History, you cannot in general construct an infinite family of experiments, such that if any one of them fail, the theory is wrong.

P.S. String theory isn’t much of a theory either, and for precisely the same reasons.

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