Re: Is Psychology/psychiatry a Science?

From: Uiopp (SearchResult8FromUioppuislad_at_faaa.co.nz)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:40:57 +1300

In article <41935834$0$19027$d368eab@news.calweb.com>,
 John M Price PhD <jmprice@calweb.com> wrote:

> In sci.skeptic article
> <SearchResult8FromUioppuislad-3A4600.17370711112004@lust.ihug.co.nz> Uiopp
> <SearchResult8FromUioppuislad@faaa.co.nz> wrote:
>
> : [snip]
>
> : Please feel free not to respond to my posts, Dr. Price, but remember
> : that this shows that you have chickened out and made a fool of yourself.
>
> Kook sign, this!

If you don't have a problem with sexuality, you should be prepared to
listen to me talk about it. The less you have a problem with it, the
more you should be prepared to listen. If you are going to throw up your
hands and say you refuse to listen, I think you do have a problem.

>Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think
>and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because
>of, the lack of evidence.

How do you deal with the evidence which suggests homosexual men tend to
have close mothers, and so forth?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: All Evidence is Subjective...
    ... included in ten of your posts and quoted in five others. ... So the best evidence you've got is no evidence at all? ... Polycarp knew the Apostle John, ...
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  • Re: Is Psychology/psychiatry a Science?
    ... John M Price PhD wrote: ... Please feel free not to respond to my posts, Dr. Price, but remember ... >of, the lack of evidence. ...
    (sci.med)
  • Re: science & philosophy / mechanisatic & resonating
    ... >>John M Price PhD wrote: ... Particularly "What evidence would it take to prove your beliefs wrong?" ... You see, you've been providing evidence, and saying we're ignoring it. ...
    (sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated)
  • Re: Where is Mcnameless?
    ... I was left wondering where John is. ... How about the fact that someone cancels my posts, ... moderator. ... Evidence and motive? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: depression and shyness
    ... >John M Price PhD wrote: ... >Do you find insults work well with people? ... Copyright, John M. Price, PhD. ... Email responses to my Usenet articles will be posted at my discretion. ...
    (sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated)