Anything can be said to fall short of some theoretical ideal. Usain Bolt runs slower than some theoretical person who runs faster.
Biology and psychology are presumably doing worse than other, real, actually existing sciences...otherwise, why single them out?
If you have a realistic proposal to get more good quality work done in the same time, lets hear it. So far, it sounds like you want to get things done faster by cutting corners.
Anything can be said to fall short of some theoretical ideal. Usain Bolt runs slower than some theoretical person who runs faster.
Sure, but that doesn't mean we cannot discuss ways of running faster. Even the best athletes are able to work at getting better at what they do without seeing anyone better than they are.
Biology and psychology are presumably doing worse than other, real, actually existing sciences...otherwise, why single them out?
If you prefer we can look at chemistry which is not doing as badly compared to biology and psychology. I can s...
Why Talk to Philosophers? Part I. by philosopher of science Wayne Myrvold.
See also Sean Carroll's own blog entry, Physicists Should Stop Saying Silly Things about Philosophy.
Sean classifies the disparaging comments physicists make about philosophy as follows: "Roughly speaking, physicists tend to have three different kinds of lazy critiques of philosophy: one that is totally dopey, one that is frustratingly annoying, and one that is deeply depressing". Specifically:
He counters each argument presented.
Personally, I am underwhelmed, since he does not address the point of view that philosophy is great at asking interesting questions but lousy at answering them. Typically, an interesting answer to a philosophical question requires first recasting it in a falsifiable form, so that is becomes a natural science question, be it physics, cognitive sciences, AI research or something else. This is locally known as hacking away at the edges. Philosophical questions don't have philosophical answers.