Is communication an art or science?

A chronic question that has been asked in class since the first day is, is communication and art or a science? This is something that has been debated for years because communications does involve art as well as science. In my opinion however I think that communications is a science. The act of communicating is a science rather than an art, when people socialize and interact with one another that is their brain controlling everything they do and say which would go along with psychology and human behavior which is all things that involve the brain. People use means of communication in all different ways not just through verbal communication but even hand gestures, e-mailing, texting are still all considered communication. If it was not for science and the way our brains enable us to invent all of the technology that we have we would not have as many means of communication. Science overpowers art when it comes to communication because if it was not for science and language being invented in the first place language may not exist like it does today so art would have never evolved as dramatically as it is now. An example of why communications is more or a science rather than an art would be the scientific method. After the scientific method was created that is when communication studies really began to become more pivotal in the everyday world. Scientist needed to report their findings through communication so if it was not for communication all of the technology that exist today may not exist. Over all communication is a way of life and without science it would not be here as prominently as it is today.