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> That anyone in the field of psychology would even be comfortable publically espousing a non-scientific worldview like that means that psychologists are not be
by thaw13579 10y ago
> That anyone in the field of psychology would even be comfortable publically espousing a non-scientific worldview like that means that psychologists are not being properly educated in the scientific method.
This is a generalization about psychologists from a sample size of one psychologist, to suggest that they don't understand science?
- c3534l 10y agoHey, I did say "if" at the start of my little rant. You're right that I don't know how embedded this attitude is in psychology, but I am often dispirited by the attitude towards verification these days based on a number of different things I've read.
- thaw13579 10y agoIt can be dispiriting, but I think there is also a lot of good science being done that is too boring to hit the radar.
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- wfo 10y agoOne ex-president of the psychologists professional association, a person who was literally deliberately selected by the community of psychologists to represent them. It would similarly be completely inappropriate to generalize the policy positions of Hillary Clinton to the Democratic party, yes?
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- thaw13579 10y agoSaying that psychologists don't understand the scientific method is similar to a saying that democrats don't understand something as basic as the separation of powers in government