<p>Much of psychology is influenced by developments in neuroscience, though. So although it's a social science, it's heavily influenced by hard sciences.</p>
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Some of us seem to want to reject unsavory ideas with reflexes of textbook pedantry such as brandishing the strict, mostly meaningless definition of "theory." From experience, it seems to me that the cynics, such as Tiresias and Freud and this guy, are usually right, and one day when our relationships are in shambles, we'll bitterly admit that this ladder guy had a point.</p>
<p>But is there nothing Good and Beautiful in life?
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Uhh...you totally lost me here lol...what the hell are you on about? Psychologists are evil witch-doctors? I get the analogy, but you're making it sound like what they do is useless. Freud is actually right? (i'm no Psych major, but hasn't his crap been discredited or whatnot?) Why will our relationships be in shambles one day? This ladder guy does have some good points, but the whole thing is obviously a joke. And I agree that psychologists, just like priests of the past, get to determine what's "normal", but do you really think manic-depressives and depressed people are happy? (well, the bipolar ones are half the time :D)no, that's kinda why they seek help. see, the witch-doctors of today are different from the witch doctors of the past, cause they have these neat pills which work sometime. and those cool gadgets which take pics of your brain to figure out what's wrong with it. </p>
<p>I don't get the point of trying to make the social sciences like the physical ones - they're just not supposed to be. sure, we could all be like Dr. Mengele and experiment on others without any ethics, but it's hard to justify that as right.</p>