shit like this is why psychology is a complete fucking joke, bunch of right wing white cishets write down complete bullshit and then decades later fellow white cishets still tout it as undeniable scientific truth

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    I think this is a bad take. (sorry comrade--you're still great!! <3).

    I think there are unfortunately a lot of bad psychiatrists and psychologists out there. But that doesn't mean psychology is inherently bad.

    "The study of thought and cognition" is extremely valuable. We wouldn't say astronomy was a bad field just because prominent astronomers thought the Sun orbited the Earth. It just means the astronomers who thought that were bad astronomers.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      if you dont have friends you can be open with a therapist is useful

      i have never met a good psychologist or therapist, i think theyre all scum. like i dont see how therapists are better than free group therapy or a good friend. ive never seen any studies that say therapy is better than just having good friends or group therapy. psych studies are so fucking biased too, psych studies are 5x more likely to 'prove' their hypothesis, just confirming what they believe all the time which is bullshit

      and astronomy wasnt costing anyone lives when it was first invented. bunk psychology costs lives every day

    • ultraviolet [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      It just means the astronomers who thought that were bad astronomers.

      This isn't really true either. Back in the day you couldn't just go into space and from our perspective on the Earth it does look like everything is rotating around us. The Earth centric model had some pretty elegant models and it was really only proven wrong once better observations were made and new theories fit better with the observations.