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A '''social science''', uses mathematics and some parts of the [[scientific method]] to probe matters of human affairs. As distinct from a pure [[science]], the focus is not on the natural world, but on humanity.
A '''social science''', uses mathematics and some parts of the [[scientific method]] to probe matters of human affairs. As distinct from a pure [[science]], the focus is not on the natural world, but on humanity.
Social sciences include [[political science]], which uses [[game theory]] to evaluate the decisionmaking processes of world leaders, and [[anthropology]], which combines [[archeology]] (a pure science) and [[history]] to investigate how other societies live. Other disciplines which are social sciences include: economics, geography, psychology, social studies, and sociology.
Social sciences include [[political science]], which uses [[game theory]] to evaluate the decisionmaking processes of world leaders, and [[anthropology]], which combines [[archeology]] (a pure science) and [[history]] to investigate how other societies live. Other disciplines which are social sciences include: demography, economics, geography, psychology, social studies, and sociology.
== Eric Kaufmanm on the social science of demography ==
At a conference [[Eric Kaufmann]] said of religious demographic projections concerning the 21st century:
{{cquote|Part of the reason I think demography is very important at least if we are going to speak about the future is that it is the most predictable of the [[social sciences]].
...if you look at a population and its age structure now. You can tell a lot about the future. ...So by looking at the relative age structure of different populations you can already say a lot about the future...
...Religious [[fundamentalism]] is going to be on the increase in the future and not just out there in the developing world..., but in the developed world as well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vCDeKPRSo Eric Kaufmann - Religion, Demography and Politics in the 21st Century]</ref>}}
== Unreliability of much social science research ==
== Unreliability of much social science research ==