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I agree.

Economics, sociology and political science are the trifecta of sciences that cover human societies, rather than human individuals.

Psychology is closer to medicine. It is complex and unpredictable, because humans are complex and unpredictable, but they approach the subject empirically and can actually achieve consistentcy. For example, we are getting really good at helping people with PTSS, ADHD, Autism, learning difficulties, etc.

I would say economics, sociology and political science are at the lowest rung on the "certainty" totempole. These sciences are forever stuck in the "we don't know what we don't know, so we are driving blind" mode of operation. They only succeed in analysing and narrating what happened after the fact. At best, they prevent us from repeating some mistakes in the most obvious ways. But they also enable us to repeat old mistakes in novel ways.

The only reason people confuse economics with the hard sciences, is because it has a Nobel prize.

But it really should be seen as an equivalent to the Nobel peace and literature prizes, in a separate league of the physics, medicine and chemistry ones.

Even economists themselves call their science the dismal science.

All this said, Economists are true and capable scientists (well, some are corrupt and biased, but some doctors are, too. That's not an indictment of the whole field).

Their subject is just difficult to analyze.