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Your entire argument works just as well for shamans as psychiatry; except the drugs shamans use have far fewer and more benign side-effects, with thousands of y
by viivaux 8y ago
Your entire argument works just as well for shamans as psychiatry; except the drugs shamans use have far fewer and more benign side-effects, with thousands of years of history instead of 20-40.
Many of the psychiatrists I have encountered "believe" in their medications, and when questioned as to how (and how well) the drugs they were informed about work have no real substantive argument for all their years of med school.
But fuck, do they get paid better. You won't see many shamans on a Pfizer sponsored golf trip in Hawaii.
- gerbilly 8y agoYes, I could have been clearer that I was talking about 'talk therapy' not medication. Does the argument work as well for shamans? Maybe,except that I was kind of implying a materialist point of view behind psychology, which might not apply to shamans. But who says that shamans might not 'cure you' of your depression just as well?
- everdrive 8y agoI think this is a very valid counterpoint, but I'd just like to point out that Shamans must have actually helped people throughout history as well. Now, I'd argue it might have been some combination of talk therapy, social expectation, and whatever else.