Psychometry is underrated
I'm writing this in defence of Psychometry.
In so many of my character runs Psychometry is the one I miss the most if I dont take it.
The ability to immediately make copies of pretty much any artifact cannot be underestimated. If you find a great artifact thats useful but not right now like portable wall, jackhammer, spiral borer, or pretty much any grenade then being able to just read its history then immediately break it down is incredibly useful.
Sure you can eat the bananas and get Psychometry L2 but unless you have high ego (which for most tinkers you dont) that won't get you very far. You could also just buy schematics but the cost adds up and you won't always find what you want.
Plus for early game tinkers you can read the first energy weapon you find then repeatedly lay then disarm your own turrets to quickly get the jacked mod (as long as you have intelligence 25).