As someone with a psychology degree, I completely agree. It's as much of a hard science as nutrition. Most of the research is done through surveys and data aggregation out of necessity because conducting a real research is hard (and sometimes ethically impossible).
That said, it's not devoid of value. The issue comes when we treat it like a hard science. If instead we approached it more like sociology and anthropology, things would make a bit more sense.
That said, it's not devoid of value. The issue comes when we treat it like a hard science. If instead we approached it more like sociology and anthropology, things would make a bit more sense.