[Sir Napsalot]

Fire it away .......

[Disclaimer: I am trained in Analytical Chemistry, all my professional work is in Molecular Biology.]

[neverdem]

Did you put this in chat?

[Tailgunner Joe]

Not only is psychology not a science, it is a religion.

Just like Global Warming and Darwinism.

[Tailgunner Joe]

The anti-scientific cast of Freud's mind is clearly indicated by his attempt to bolster his fantasy of the Oedipus complex by a pseudo-scientific theory of the inheritance of impulses from primitive ancestors who murdered their tribal father to acquire his harem of females. When it was pointed out to him that the Lamarkian theory of acquired characteristics was entirely discredited, he querulously replied: "We can't bother with the biologists. We have our own science." - Freud and the Scientific Method

[editor-surveyor]

Since psychology is 100% opinion, and devoid of empiracy and objective analysis, there should be no attempt to call it science.

Its just another form of manipulation, seeking to alter reality toward acceptance of grossly deviant behavior, like homosexuality for example.

[FreedomPoster]

While I generally agree with the headline, there is some science beginning to enter the field. People are doing some really interesting work in the areas of functional neuroimaging and neurofeedback these days, and effectively treating ADHD without drugs, helping people with MTBI and even stroke recover, etc.

[Brass Lamp]

Of course it's not a science. Science seeks reproducible results, but it is not at all uncommon or unsurprising for practitioners of psychology to arrive at very different conclusions. And whereas true scientists have recourse to tools and methodology to critically reexamine their respective positions in the case conflicting results, psychologists are quite comfortable with allowing mutually exclusive conclusions to coexist. Two physicists who disagree about the weight of a subatomic particle cannot both be right, but neither of two psychologists with sharply divergent claims about a bed-wetting will necessarily be wrong. In real science, a conflict has to settled to be resolved.

That psychology is rhetorical is proven in the substance of the pudding itself. Whereas, in science, language is a tool of study, it is both object and subject of psychological study. Language is the matter and form of practical psychology. It begins with labeling, proceeds through commentary, and produces declarations.

[huldah1776]

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