milicent_bystandr comments on We don't judge here. :)

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

usually people consider mathematicians as scientists

Yikes!

... Wait, does this mean I can call a historian an artist? Then I'm game.

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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You can call them whatever you want, what are they going to do? They're historians!

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

In twenty years time they'll rip into me on r/askhistorians

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Historians are scientists imo. Is that a reference I don't have?

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Usually (in my experience?) history is one of the 'humanities', which are more lumped with arts than sciences.

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 point 2 years ago

Yes it usually is, but I think the methodologies for modern history research is very much scientific.

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