Norbert-AoK3: Human Sciences - Lesson 1

Hard sciences are studies of some areas of natural science, and are more accurate than social science. It relies on data gathered from experiments. For example, gravity is constant on the whole of Earth. Therefore the same object is attracted to the Earth by the same force, therefore weighing the same on the whole of Earth. However, there are always uncertainties that might affect the precision of the theory; the set of apparatus/substances that are being tested are assumed that they are identical to those used when the scientist were using when making those theories.
Soft sciences are studies of behaviour and relationships of human and the nature. Its theories are not based on experimental data; instead it is a very precise description of what generally happens in reality, but often there are exceptions. For example, when we are at home, humans would travel to the restaurant nearest to our home. It is a generalization of what theoretically happen. But for the example, it is restriction to our preference; we might prefer another restaurant because of its food variety, price, service….

The biggest difference between soft and hard sciences is how able it is to prove its theories and its precision of its theories. Certainly, they both have restrictions such as uncertainties for hard sciences and preferences for soft sciences as explored above. To explain my point, imagine your typical discussion with a friend/colleague. The topic of your discussion will be, for certain, affected by your preferences, events that have happened before or that will happen after your discussion etc. However, the theory of how it works is fundamentally the same. Air particles are vibrated, and sound waves are transferred by longitudinal waves, from the speakers’ throat to the eardrum of the listener.