| Scientists are often a little miffed when | | | | well liked by those who hold such degrees. |
| psychologists, social-scientists, economists, | | | | Next, I'd like to mention another study or area of |
| philosophers try to purport they are also in the | | | | thought that could be said to be an extension of |
| sciences and that their research is at the same level. | | | | Philosophy, Social Science, technology, history and |
| Many real scientists get upset with the ease to which | | | | psychology; the study of futurology. You may recall |
| Ph.D.'s are awarded for the social sciences, many are | | | | hearing the label; Futurist? |
| able to get their degrees without nearly the rigorous | | | | A person who studies the future, and when you |
| work that actual rocket scientists go through. Often, | | | | think about this, you may also agree that it does not |
| students in college choose the social science degree | | | | necessarily belong in the science category. And |
| programs because they are less work, and easier to | | | | although it uses current technology and science as |
| complete. | | | | well as the others mentioned to predict and |
| Now, when we call all these other so-called-sciences, | | | | determine possible futures, you probably see it as a |
| pseudo-sciences it really makes those who work in | | | | little bit of crystal ball gazing mixed with a "generalist" |
| these fields angry that we think of them as lesser. | | | | understanding of industry, society, technology and |
| Personally speaking, I am one of those hard-core | | | | the likes. So, if you see Futurology as a Pseudo |
| folks who dismiss these areas of studies as nothing | | | | Science, you could be right. Please consider all this. |
| more than pseudo-sciences, so I am perhaps, not | | | | |