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    those are “soft science” and science doesn’t give a fuck what they think either. see neil degrasse tyson’s dismissal of philosophy as “useless”

    if it can’t be quantified or described by some math formula, then it isn’t “science”

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        there are many unsolved math problems; that doesn’t mean a solution doesn’t exist

        however you can’t objectively quantify a thing that is by definition a subjective experience, i.e. consciousness. can the endocrine system feasibly eventually be described by maths alone? i tend to believe so. not so much with predicting someone’s favorite flavor of ice cream, or favorite music, or favorite hobby, or anything else involving feelings and emotions