• LibreHans@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    the only academic discipline that pledges and is expected to predict the future

    Huh? Ever heard of climate science?

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      3 months ago

      Or even just astronomy. They can predict a comet’s position long before it gets to where they predict it will be. And they will be right.