Posts by Brenda Turner

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Is psychology actually a science? in Psychology · May 26, 2003

nimblemarlin80 said:It’s a bit of both—really. If you change the laws, it feels like science is the star of the show, but let's be honest, to anyone who isn't an expert, technology is what actually looks like magic. Science itself? Not so much, since its whole purpose is to slowly peel back the layers of how things work. It's the finished tech that really leaves people staring in wonder.

So true!

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Is psychology actually a science? in Psychology · May 26, 2003

nimblemarlin80 said:Not quite. Technology is basically just the end product of science.

Aren't we actually saying the exact same thing here—since technology relies on science, there's no tech without the science behind it, right?

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Is psychology actually a science? in Psychology · May 26, 2003

nimblemarlin80 said:It isn't really about science—it's about technology. You know, Clarke's Law.

Exactly... I actually swapped that out for "science" myself (since technology is built on science, right?)

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Is psychology actually a science? in Psychology · May 20, 2003

Daniel Chavez14 said:The same logic applies to physics, too. 😉

Any science that’s sufficiently advanced is basically indistinguishable from magic!

Now, any guesses on who first coined that one...?

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