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VenatorAnima
Member
Welcome to RF!
I truly read!
I truly read!
strikeviperMKII
Well-Known Member
I'm an engineer. I was going to be a physicist, but that's just a hobby now...or at least as much a hobby as you can make out of physics.
Does that count as truly studying science?
Edit: Welcome to RF.
As an engineer, I've eaten many a science book.
Welcome aboard!
Reptillian
Hamburgler Extraordinaire
There are a lot of science types on this site. Several physicists, biologists, mathematicians, etc.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
And theology is not a science?
See Webster's.
If I'm not mistaken...science is more to intellectual discipline...rather than experiment.
Reptillian
Hamburgler Extraordinaire
I'll admit that theology is a science in the broadest sense of the term if you can show me that its subject matter deals with facts. A scientific discipline in the widest sense must at least represent actual knowledge rather than conjecture and superstition.
Do you consider astrology and numerology to be scientific disiplines?
In my original statement I didn't mean the broad definition of science...I meant something more akin to natural science based on empirical observation and making testable predictions.
Edit: Besides, my etc. might have included theology for all you know
The study of religion does deal in facts, even if the subject material doesn't necessarily do so. Since its subject has a huge effect on society, it would probably fall among the social sciences.
Probably ought to specify which type of science we're talking about though. It would definitely cut down on the confusion.
Saw it..... Definition of THEOLOGY
1: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God's relation to the world
2a : a theological theory or system <Thomist theology> <a theology of atonement> b : a distinctive body of theological opinion <Catholic theology>
3: a usually 4-year course of specialized religious training in a Roman Catholic major seminary
Didn't see any science in there, unless we use a very laymanish definition of "theory".
Science - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
2 a : a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study <the science of theology>
It isn't a physical or natural science, but it is a systematic form of study.
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Gaura Priya
IRL
Guess so... but science is cool, nevertheless.
I only wish to understand it; my brain sucks arse!
I only wish to understand it; my brain sucks arse!
strikeviperMKII
Well-Known Member
True.