The Demarco

Gawrsh! Ah-Hyuck! No more Barnstormer! You got fired!

“Did you get The Demarco?”
“Yeah, but I had a shift later that day!”

by TeeHeeLittleMan August 28, 2025

Flying to Denmark

Getting a sex change.

I'm "Flying To Denmark."

by Nrrody October 13, 2009

Diabetes Kid from Denmark

A kid normally from denmark. He is fat divorced man who like to exercises. When the sun goes down he becomes a "super anti feminist" and goes around around the city at night and tell all the people that "women's rights" doesn't exist.

that nigga over there looks like a "Diabetes Kid from Denmark"

by 흑인 가정 April 10, 2018

The Queen of denmark

The Queen of Denmark is the rebel queen that broke the rules for the deputy commander, Lee Joong-chan, to take her lover, and to give her his love in return, the Queen of Denmark exists in every century, as someone else, and she meets her lover, in different ways as he reaches to her heart, and he will always be there

Nika: Yo Lee if you were the queen of Denmark now, who would be your lover?

Lee: …
Lee: Lee Joongchan
Nika: no, seriously
Lee: ok
Lee: Lee Chan

by thequeenofdenmark August 13, 2018

Skai Jackson & demari willis

Skai jackson & demari willis- A beautiful couple that is meant to flourish in their upcoming life time.

Skai Jackson & demari willis is the best celebrity couple ever seen.

by Lawgoverned December 2, 2021

Hard Problem of the Demarcation Problem

The meta-problem: There is no agreed-upon rule to distinguish science from non-science, and the very search for such a rule may be unscientific. Falsifiability (Popper) fails—string theory isn't easily falsifiable but is considered science. Astrology makes falsifiable claims but is pseudoscience. Methodological naturalism? It rules out theology but also historical sciences that reconstruct unique past events. The hard problem is that "science" is a family-resemblance concept, not a neat category. Any bright-line rule you propose either excludes legitimate sciences or lets in obvious pseudoscience, revealing that demarcation is a social and philosophical negotiation, not a logical one.

Example: Is evolutionary biology science? It reconstructs unique past events (unfalsifiable in a strict lab sense). Yet it's a core science. Is phrenology pseudoscience? It used measurement and data (the "scientific method" of its day). The hard problem: We know the difference intuitively, but can't define it without circular logic ("It's science because scientists do it"). The demarcation criteria are like trying to nail jelly to a wall—the harder you try, the messier it gets, and you're left wondering why you're nailing jelly in the first place. Hard Problem of the Demarcation Problem.

by Nammugal January 24, 2026

Hard Problem of the Demarcation Problem

The prediction problem. Unlike in physics, where you can isolate variables and predict an eclipse to the second, social sciences (economics, political science, sociology) deal with complex, reflexive systems. Humans react to predictions, changing the outcome (the "Lucas Critique"). The hard problem is: Can you have a real science of human society if its core subjects alter their behavior upon hearing your findings? True scientific laws are supposed to be invariant. Social "laws" are more like trends that expire once people know about them, making the field perpetually one step behind a moving target.

Example: An economist develops a perfect model predicting stock market crashes. Once published, investors see it and adjust their behavior to avoid the predicted conditions, thereby preventing the very crash the model forecasted. The model is now wrong. The hard problem: The act of studying the system changes it. This makes falsification—the bedrock of science—incredibly tricky. Social science thus often ends up explaining the past very well (postdiction) but failing at predicting the future, which is what we usually want from a science. Hard Problem of the Demarcation Problem.

by Nammugal January 24, 2026