What is real science?

In a discussion with Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss explored the concept of "real science" versus what they viewed as corrupted interpretations of science. According to this conversation, real science focuses on experimentation, verifiability, falsifiability, and rigorous testing. They argue that once science starts involving group consensus or tries to incorporate social sciences, it strays from these foundational principles.

Naval pointed out that disciplines truly encapsulating the essence of real science include fields like physics, molecular biology, chemistry, mathematics, and theory of computation. These areas rely heavily on quantifiable and experimentally verifiable data. In contrast, fields often appended with "science," such as social sciences, lack the same level of falsifiability and rigorous testing, leading to what they believe is a corruption of the scientific method 1.