Comment by JumpCrisscross

4 years ago

> OP's claim was that quantitative finance was hard science*

These are colloquial terms [1]. We might as well argue about whether Pop Tarts are ravioli or tacos sandwiches.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_science

> These are colloquial terms [1].

Colloquial terms whose concrete meaning does not correspond to OP's claim.

There is no ambiguity in this: if your models are not testable and fail to predict behavior then it's not hard science.