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Atheists and the National Academy of Sciences (view source)
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, 21:12, March 30, 2016→More doctors believe in God than social scientists. Medical science is often more reliable than social science
On the other hand, according to Livescience.com, 31 percent of social scientists believe in God. (27 percent of political scientists, which is a social science, believe in the existence of God).<ref>[http://www.livescience.com/379-scientists-belief-god-varies-starkly-discipline.html Scientists belief in God varies starkly by discipline], Livescience.com</ref>
On the other hand, according to Livescience.com, 31 percent of social scientists believe in God. (27 percent of political scientists, which is a social science, believe in the existence of God).<ref>[http://www.livescience.com/379-scientists-belief-god-varies-starkly-discipline.html Scientists belief in God varies starkly by discipline], Livescience.com</ref>
Compared to medical science which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, social science is often unreliable. For example, few economists (economics is a social science) in academia predicted the 1987 financial crisis. Few political scientists predicted that [[Donald Trump]] would be the leading Republican candidate in the GOP primaries in 2016.
Compared to medical science which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, social science is often unreliable. For example, few economists (economics is a social science) in academia predicted the 1987 financial crisis. Few, if any, political scientists predicted early on that [[Donald Trump]] would be the leading Republican candidate in the GOP primaries in 2016.
=== Social science of psychology frequently contains pseudoscience ===
=== Social science of psychology frequently contains pseudoscience ===