Personally I have never compared a subject such as History and Science in general, I have always lived with a certain prospective of which both have no relation at all, however by reading an extract The Nature of History by Arthur Marwick, in which simply explains that History and Science share similar ways of analysis however only to a certain degree.
In terms of futuristic predictions both Science and History rely on previous events, accidents or situations that will support the final prediction, but taking into considerations the differences of both subject we can conclude that History does not necessarily predict what will happen like science and it does predict more of what would be the chances of a situation to occur again considering the current situation.
In my opinion although History and Science do share a lot of similarities (to a certain degree again), I believe that History in most of our way of thinking I believe that there is a difference between the two, using our common sense.
A famous quote translated from Hebrew states that 'A person with no past, his present is shallow and his future is veil in mist'. I tend to agree with that quote, and my justification would be that in any case of our cultural history, it has an effect of who we are and what we would like to be and how we would like to improve.
Good ideas Aviv, but your reflections remains too philosophical. Refering to real life situations would really help clarify your thinking.
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