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1798 points jerryX | 1 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.256s | source
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jules ◴[30 Nov 18 09:50 UTC] No.18567950[source]▶
If your country has "democratic" in the name it's probably not democratic. If your major has "science" in the name it's probably not science. If your company has "don't be evil" in its motto...
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_Schizotypy ◴[30 Nov 18 13:45 UTC] No.18569030[source]▶
So what is neuroscience then
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PurpleBoxDragon ◴[30 Nov 18 14:14 UTC] No.18569217[source]▶
That's why it should just be under neurology.
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nobody22453 ◴[30 Nov 18 15:46 UTC] No.18569885[source]▶
The "-logy" comes from Greek which means science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-logy and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%...
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Consultant32452 ◴[30 Nov 18 17:23 UTC] No.18570639[source]▶
What about Scientology which has both science and ology? Is it science science?
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1. excalibur ◴[30 Nov 18 17:31 UTC] No.18570699[source]▶
I think that's like a double negative. Which would imply that Scientology actually IS science, which is ridiculous of course. I think "science" in the title only means "not science" when conveyed in the language you're currently using.