[lajy]

Are you really saying that psychology doesn’t have “any sort of reproducible outcomes,” or are you not including that one in your definition of “soft sciences?” The comment you’re replying to explicitly did, but I want to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Because Skinner boxes exist. There are entire multi-billion dollar industries built around them (casinos, gacha games/loot boxes), just to pick a super low-hanging-fruit example.

[kelseyfrog]

To reinforce your point with another example: If psychology wasn't reproducible then ads wouldn't work. Of course they are reproducible. It's trivial.

[lazide]

some is reproducible.

And very little of psychology covers what is used in ads.