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> This is part of a deeper instinct in modern life, I think, to explain everything. Psychologically, scientifically, evolutionarily. Everything about us is caus
by cowboyscott 1y ago
> This is part of a deeper instinct in modern life, I think, to explain everything. Psychologically, scientifically, evolutionarily. Everything about us is caused, categorised, and can be corrected. We talk in theories, frameworks, systems, structures, drives, motivations, mechanisms. But in exchange for explanation, we lost mystery, romance, and lately, I think, ourselves.
This is the rejection of science applied to a less common target.
- throwaway0665 1y agoIt's the rejection of pseudoscience.
- pdabbadabba 1y agoWhat science is being rejected?
- Aeglaecia 1y agopsychiatry is at best informed guesswork , mental conditions are merely labelled groupings of symptoms , the negative effects of psych drugs outweigh positives in a significant proportion of cases , people existed for thousands of years with functional coping mechanisms that were thrown in the bin to make someone else rich and the populace was brainwashed to think it was their fault
- DavidPiper 1y agoI think it's a rejection of categorisation and labeling as a form of (self-)determinism, not a rejection of science.
- arduinomancer 1y agoThat does not follow It’s possible to apply systems, frameworks, or categorizations that are actually wrong or overstated