I recently saw reference online to soft science and hard science. I was researching topics while also looking at titles of blogs I had posted in the past. My research was in the nature of an assessment of what more needs to be known about forensic engineering investigation and expert services.
The adjective “soft” in the reference troubled me and this not reflecting well on forensic work. Particularly a forensic investigation that had not been peer reviewed.
I found a lot of comment in the literature on what’s soft science as distinct from hard science. In the engineering spirit of trying to keep it simple I settled…
