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Jared Diamond

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

Jared Diamond

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People feel uneasy about treating history like a science because it deals with human society rather than natural laws. Since history falls under social sciences, it is often seen as less precise or rigorous compared to natural sciences.

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