I think you are doing a great disservice to history if you think the scientific method doesn’t apply to it. The scientific method isn’t just about what happens in laboratories; anything where objective measurements of truth can be applied the scientific method can be applied. History uses evidence just like laboratory science does. Yes, sometimes there is conflicting evidence – some people said Richard III was a hunchback and others didn’t. But just like in the laboratory, the amount and reliability of evidence can be assessed in a scientific manner. This makes it far different from something like literary criticism.
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