Re: Is Psychology/psychiatry a Science?

From: Uiopp (SearchResult8FromUioppuislad_at_faaa.co.nz)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:56:10 +1300

In article <4c1e089e.0410252134.2772a7f5@posting.google.com>,
 daveforis@hotmail.com (DaveForis) wrote:

> No, psychoanalysis isn't science. It's the therepeutic method Frued
> devised to accompany his theory of personality. Little or nothing
> that Freud did stands up to todays ideas of what the scientific method
> is.
>
> On a side note, psychoanalysis and Frueds theories HAVE received
> scientific scrutiny. But it's usually found lacking. Surpriiiiiise!
> :)
>
> Dave

Oh, tell me about it. Of course, all the world's homosexuals are going
to rush to be honest about their early childhood experiences and
relationships with their parents, right? This is the sort of thing you
are counting on, and so you take studies on homosexuals at face value?

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