... Increasingly, the respect of science (and scientists) by the public has been dropping and a part of that reason is because the line of what science is has become fuzzy. (snip) ... It's not to say they ('soft science') don't have value, obviously they do, but engineering also has value. It is not science. Teaching has terrific value. It is not a science. Same for mathematics and economics. Lots of fields have applied benefits and consumer marketing shows that applied psychology is darn rigorous, even though it isn't science. Why are psychologists so touchy if their offices are not...