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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Part of the issue is that the quality of the research is often really low, just a jumble of untested and untestable hypotheses that certain 'scientists' in these fields try to push and that get traction because they sound good. On some level it comes with the subject matter that is typically very hard to research, but too many people in these fields are entirely lacking in scientific rigour.

Source: I studied sociology and history in university.