Soft science fiction where the scientific advances and futuristic setting essentially serve the same purpose as magic in fantasy. (ludonarrativeassonance.com)
When I started, biology was a very soft science. (sciencemag.org)
Even soft sciences, like psychology, are not always considered science proper because they rely a good deal on theory as observation is much more difficult and measurements are unreliable. (nakedpastor.com)