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They weren't pioneers, they were bullshitters. Their claims had no basis whatsoever. They just made stuff up. That's not comparable to the luminiferous aether,
by p-e-w 3y ago
They weren't pioneers, they were bullshitters. Their claims had no basis whatsoever. They just made stuff up.
That's not comparable to the luminiferous aether, which was actually a reasonable assumption once the wave nature of light was recognized, because most waves need a medium to propagate through. Aether theory is wrong, but it's not nonsensical.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoSo when a physicists makes something up as a reasonable assumption, later to be found wrong, that is just good science. But a psychologist makes some assumptions, later to be found wrong, it is complete bullshit, con artists, the entire field is corrupt. Do you see the false dichotomy here? You are so biased you can't even see the problem.
- omginternets 3y agoThey're in the humanities. They deal in metaphors and archetypes. What you are somewhat correctly tracking is that psychology underwent a transition from the humanities to the sciences about 60 years ago. Scientific psychology is a completely different animal.