The seeming rigorousness of a field probably correlates with how easy it is to make repeatable experiments. For physics and chemistry it’s extremely easy; animal biology and psychology a bit less so; and for political science, economics and urban planning, near impossible.
The seeming rigorousness of a field probably correlates with how easy it is to make repeatable experiments. For physics and chemistry it’s extremely easy; animal biology and psychology a bit less so; and for political science, economics and urban planning, near impossible.