I'm not criticizing attempts at understanding things. It's just that it's not science in any sense as the physical sciences are. You really can't run experiment

I'm not criticizing attempts at understanding things. It's just that it's not science in any sense as the physical sciences are. You really can't run experiments since you can't control all the variables and the behaviors of people. You can't even accurately measure outcomes or contributing factors. When you don't have the tools that can produce predictions of reasonable accuracy, then perhaps we shouldn't be calling it science and pretending that what these social scientists are telling us is in any way accurate. We've had social scientists try to address all sorts of maladies, such as suicide, lack of interest in education, high divorce rates, etc., and most of these parameters have not improved. If they simply would study, describe, and debate these matters, it would be one thing. But they, the "experts" pretend they know the answers when they're as often right as wrong.