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Atheists and the National Academy of Sciences (view source)
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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 [[Great Depression]] or the 1987 financial crisis. [[Ludwig von Mises]] was snubbed by economists worldwide when he warned of a credit crisis in the 1920s.<ref>[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574443600711779692 The man who predicted the depression], Wall Street Journal</ref> Few, if any, political scientists predicted early on 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 [[Great Depression]] or the 1987 financial crisis. [[Ludwig von Mises]] was snubbed by economists worldwide when he warned of a credit crisis in the 1920s.<ref>[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574443600711779692 The man who predicted the depression], Wall Street Journal</ref> Few, if any, political scientists predicted early on that [[Donald Drumpf]] would be the leading Republican candidate in the [[GOP]] primaries in 2016.
=== Social science of psychology very frequently contains pseudoscience ===
=== Social science of psychology very frequently contains pseudoscience ===