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Reasoning in "humanities" needs to be internally consistent, i.e. to sound good. Reasoning in "sciences" needs to be externally consistent, i.e. consistent with the "observable reality" of the "natural world."

Of course, "humanities people" are in the business of programming human beings, which is pretty useful for getting things done.



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