Oh the humanities! ...the open-minded and critical among that crowd–and I do know that they are plentiful–know that this idea of economists dealing exclusively

Oh the humanities! ...the open-minded and critical among that crowd–and I do know that they are plentiful–know that this idea of economists dealing exclusively in abstract models, and denying "soft" factors like emotions or differences in preferences was never true. It's a straw man, as exemplified by the recipient of today's Nobel.