It's probably a problem of feedback. Seems tempting to blame people, but it's unlikely all mathematicians and physicists are upstanding scientists while economi

It's probably a problem of feedback. Seems tempting to blame people, but it's unlikely all mathematicians and physicists are upstanding scientists while economists and psychologists are secretly cheaters. It's more likely that in some fields you get faster and better feedback, while in others it's a lot more fuzzy and prone to interpretation. Which just makes it a harder problem, doesn't make them worse scientists.