Practice question · Select all that apply
Why does history sit awkwardly with the model of a predictive natural science?
Hints
- Events cannot be repeated and subjects respond to predictions.
- What history keeps from science concerns method, not prophecy.
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- B. Human actors respond to predictions about themselves
- C. Its objects are unique and cannot be re-run with a variable changed
- D. Its regularities are hedged so heavily as to be nearly unusable
Why
No repetition, no usable laws, and subjects who read your forecast and act on it. What history keeps from science is exactly what matters: method, evidence, and the possibility of being shown wrong.
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