To me it's pretty obvious that the social "sciences" are science in name only. Operationally they are more akin to astrology or numerology than physics. They

To me it's pretty obvious that the social "sciences" are science in name only. Operationally they are more akin to astrology or numerology than physics. They serve a social function of allowing people to believe that we know more about the world, that we have have more predictive power, than we do. They let our governments pretend that they are more powerful and effective than they really are. It's frightening to think that e.g. the Fed (Federal Reserve) doesn't know what they are doing ( https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/greenspan-admits-flaw-to-congress-predicts-more-economic-problems https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/greenspan-admits-flaw-to-c... ) so we all pretend that that they do despite clear evidence that they do not. (Taleb's "Black Swan" effect: we immediately forget that we were so sure black swans don't exist, and carry on as if we had known all along.) I have no idea what, if anything, to do about this.