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>not science. That's a brave position. I think it's not exactly Freudian dream theory. Though the 'just-so stories' characterisation can be fair... Saying that
by rwnspace 9y ago
>not science.
That's a brave position. I think it's not exactly Freudian dream theory. Though the 'just-so stories' characterisation can be fair... Saying that, behavioural biology is without question a scientific endeavour, with obvious connections to both evolution and human psychology - is that well-grounded evo psych or is evo psych poorly-grounded behavioural biology?
- pron 9y agoIt's not Freudian dream theory (which the virtually most psychologists happily agree is not science), but it's not experimental psychology, either. Unlike dream theory, though, it still claims to be science. I agree that the question is a scientific question, but there is a difference between a scientific question and a scientific endeavour. If we don't have the science to answer a scientific question (e.g. about multiple universes) we call our thought experiments and hypotheses pure speculation; we don't try to present them as carrying any sort of scientific validity.