I suppose that's why some categorize psychology as a "soft" science? To me psychology strikes me as more of a religion, albeit a type of secular religion. An

I suppose that's why some categorize psychology as a "soft" science? To me psychology strikes me as more of a religion, albeit a type of secular religion. An inter-dialogue experiment most of us are doing all the time. When the OP mentioned "folk" science, I thought he'd start talking about folk stories... which actually I think in the realm of psychology would start it getting closer to who we are and how we collectively participate in the world.