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>In 2013, Frances said that "psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on fallible subjective judgments rather than objective biological tests Well, in ma
by kolinko 10y ago
>In 2013, Frances said that "psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on fallible subjective judgments rather than objective biological tests
Well, in many areas the biological tests are simply not there yet, and subjective judgements are the best we have.
In many fields, subjectivity is the best we have. In business management, venture capital, and even certain branches of software development, the best decisions are still being made based on fallible subjective judgements.
I may be wrong though - perhaps you can show me a biological test that will differentiate between attention deficit caused by biology, versus one caused by bad habits?
- wu-ikkyu 10y ago>In many fields, subjectivity is the best we have. In business management, venture capital Indeed, and I see nothing wrong with that. The issue I'm critizing is when a group of people fraudulently present themselves as doctors and scientists (implying physical objectivity), especially in regards to metaphysical matters such as the mind. The catholic church did this during the days of the inquisition, and psychiatrists have been doing the same since the field was invented ~200 years ago. >perhaps you can show me a biological test that will differentiate between attention deficit caused by biology, versus one caused by bad habits? There are no biological tests for ADHD.