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Freudian "theory" was not science, it was a catchy narrative.
by SubiculumCode 8y ago
Freudian "theory" was not science, it was a catchy narrative.
- Uhhrrr 8y agoWhen I was assigned "Civilization and its Discontents" in college, I already knew Freud's theories were poorly supported, but it was still pretty convincing while I was reading it.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoThat says something about the quality of the writing, but not about the quality of the ideas.
- Uhhrrr 8y agoExactly.
- forkLding 8y agoCan't really blame him much then, likely only the truly psychotic would have been depicted as mentally ill back then simply because didn't know what psychology was and thus definitely skewed his samples all over the place. Then again, I'm probably just stating another unproven assumption.