Soft-science Memes

Psychology majors out here defending their discipline like it's a conspiracy board investigation. Look, just because we can't replicate half the studies and every theory sounds like someone's really confident guess doesn't mean it's not science, okay? Sure, physics has predictable equations and chemistry has actual molecules you can point at, but psychology has... *checks notes* ...the DSM-5 and p-values we definitely didn't hack. The replication crisis? Never heard of her. Freud's cocaine-fueled theories? Totally legitimate foundational work. We're doing real science here with our self-report surveys and undergraduate subject pools, thank you very much.