Re: World Science Day for Peace and Development (10 November)

On 11/11/2024 11:08 p.m., Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

On 2024-11-11 09:43:56 +0000, Ross Clark said:
 

zzzzzz....Oh! UNESCO, 2002-
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"It might be thought that language isn't a relevant topic on this day..."
But Crystal has a few words to say about alternative terms for linguistics (or some sub- or super-field thereof) which involve the word "science": language science(s), linguistic science, speech science, phonetic science
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OK, still boring. Let's move on.

 Best to omit the "science" from all of these.
 "Anything with 'science' in its name isn't a science." See https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/26/not-science/
 Think of Christian Science, social science, political science, etc.
 

...not to mention Religious Science (est. 1922), and Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (est.1950), forerunner of S****tology.
It is also true that in some academic realms, being a Science gets you a higher level of funding than being an Art.
Just where the boundary of "science" is to be drawn is a topic I've long since fulfilled my lifetime quota of arguing about.