>> How is this different from say particle physics?
It is different in the sense that particle physics quantifies concepts that are not correlated to how someone feels about them, or how someone answers questions in a questionnaire.
And I don't see how I misunderstood the studies we're discussing. They handed people questionnaires asking them how they think or feel about things. I don't see how any concrete evidence about anything can be found in this way, other than how people fill questionnaires.
But the claim is never "X people fill this questionnaire in this way". It's always along the lines of "X people are more agreeable" etc. This is misleading.
It is different in the sense that particle physics quantifies concepts that are not correlated to how someone feels about them, or how someone answers questions in a questionnaire.
And I don't see how I misunderstood the studies we're discussing. They handed people questionnaires asking them how they think or feel about things. I don't see how any concrete evidence about anything can be found in this way, other than how people fill questionnaires.
But the claim is never "X people fill this questionnaire in this way". It's always along the lines of "X people are more agreeable" etc. This is misleading.