Do Scott Manely videos count as science, or science?
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2026
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as a scientist, I'll say yes
I hate how we center physics and it's use of mathematical tools as the right way of doing science. Many, if not all sciences today, leverage mathmatical tools to create models. But Darwin, as far as I recall, didn't use math at all. A whole host of sciences don't approach their problems through mathematically described laws or even statistical models. Earth sciences, botany, anatomy, organic chemistry, ethnography, and archelogy come to mind.
But Darwin, as far as I recall, didn’t use math at all.
You should take a look at modern evolution theories.
A whole host of sciences don’t approach their problems through mathematically described laws or even statistical models.
"Models" are something mathematical by definition. A lot of sciences have very simple models that people can handle without formalism. They are still mathematical, even if you don't need to calculate things.
I'm not denying that modern evolutionary theories use math and I think it's important, but that in many sciences, math isn't the focus like it is in physics. A lot of good science can be done without math. Darwin did good science without math.
To be very clear, science doesn't need math. We use math as a tool to accurately describe phememona and relationships with math.
I don't what you are saying about models being mathematical by definition eben if people can handle it. I don't see how the model of the cell is mathematical. Models require relationships and not mathematics to describe those relationships.
As long as I don't have to deal with matrices, I'm cool.
Granted. You should brush up on your tensor calculus, though.
I love calculus !!!
I liked derivatives and integrations. Series and sequences can suck my left third toe knuckle.
Aww I love sequences. I guess I can agree on series, though. Boring shit.