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Re:Sociophysics and Econophysics, the Future of Social Science? by xapata on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:24PM (#18089354)
> until they start making predictions

1. Economists make predictions.

2. Geologists don't run experiments with n earths and randomized double-blind trials. Do you think they're not scientists either?

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Re:Sociophysics and Econophysics, the Future of Social Science? by geoalchimista on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:38AM (#18091303)
> 2. Geologists don't run experiments with n earths and randomized double-blind trials. Do you think they're not scientists either?

Although they can't travel back in time to do controlled experiments, computer simulations are pretty routine for the study of the deep time of the earth, for example, the neoproterozoic "snowball earth" simulations [1].

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/W_Peltier/publication/1...

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Re:Sociophysics and Econophysics, the Future of Social Science? by xapata on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:45AM (#18094316)
Computer simulations are a good tool for economists as well. That was my research focus in grad school.
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