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Comment author: Strange7 18 October 2014 12:59:57AM 1 point [-]

problems other than math and science problems

No such thing.

For any given problem, once a possible solution is reached, do you expect to be able to check that solution against reality with further observations? If so, you have constructed a theory with experimental implications, and are doing Science. If not, you have derived the truth, falsehood, or invalidity of a particular statement from a core set of axioms, and are doing Math.