Scott Sumner on what is a science
And don’t embarrass yourself by arguing macroeconomics is not a science. Of course it’s a science. It’s failed science, but then so are some of the other sciences, at least based on what I’ve read about the crisis in replication. The term ‘science’ is not a compliment, it’s not some sort of award given to a field, like a Nobel Prize. It’s simply a descriptive term for a field that builds models that try to explain how the world works. Saying that science must be successful to be viewed as science is as silly as saying that a work of art must be good to be considered art.
Psychology is a failed science.