Social Science is F*ing Retarded!

I have tried to keep an open mind, but I simply cannot tolerate this any longer and must rant and vent my frustration.

--These people don't even know how to count! Granted, most social problems are complex, such as this abuse and neglect of seniors business, but how can these so called "scientists" not even try to put some sort of structure in place to analyze the problem? It's as if they accept it as a nebulous and unsolvable concern and then immediately set out to find numbers--any numbers--to support their cause without having properly defined terms, conditions, context, scope... --Phone surveys, that's all they know how to do! The real kicker is that this so-called "systematic" review actually lumps everything together and claims that a single number summarizes dozens of studies in completely different contexts! "--Lo, the answer is... uh... 6%! Yeah... that's about right." --Idiots!

How can I do a proper assessment given these piss poor primary data--if you can even call them such? What they've found are obvious and trivial effects which even those of us with minimal reasoning ability can conclude with a bit of thinking, whereas the information we actually need never even crossed the minds of the researchers. Instead, there are a myriad of narratives, experiences, historical backgrounds that numb the quantitative mind and further complicate the problem instead of clarifying or resolving it!

Reductionist thinking is not demeaning to social problems, nor does it oversimplify if used properly. What's preventing these social "scientists" from applying the most basic logical models and structures to their pet problems? Is it the fear that the problems would crystalize and dissolve? Is it the subsequent petty fear that their lives and pursuits would appear foolish? Well, I guess the latter is perhaps justified.

That I had at one time thought I could study social science is simply laughable.

Fuck social science.