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I'm not sure what point is being made here. I agree that many people will mindlessly and uncritically accept labels. But this comment feels cynically critical o
by thefaux 2y ago
I'm not sure what point is being made here. I agree that many people will mindlessly and uncritically accept labels. But this comment feels cynically critical of any attempt to study psychology. Psychology is hardly the only science with an embarrassing history and many mistakes.
- kthejoker2 2y agoMy point wasn't to slam on psychology; just the article seems to imply identity through shallow psychological labels is a new phenomenon, when it is as old as civilization itself.
- Apocryphon 2y agoAnd it’s not even just psychological labels, either. In East Asia, mostly Japan, blood types are used as a form of astrology (literally type A personalities). And in other contexts modern people sometimes self-identify based on their supposed chronotype or whether they’re an endomorph or an exomorph in order to retroactively explain their nature or behaviors. Self-identity is often used for self-justification.