• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml
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    It’s a metaphor, my god. You want a less technical version? Neurology is like a farmer analyzing his soil to figure out it’s pH and NPK content to determine what crops will go best. Psychology is studying decades worth of Farmers Almanacs. The point is, only one deals with hard, definitive numbers.

    I will grant that my view is a matter of opinion, but it is my firm belief that any science that can not answer it’s own questions with solid, irrefutable, numerical answers is an undeveloped science.

    You may take that as an insult, in which case 1. It’s not meant as one, and 2. Get over yourself. It’s an observation. I’m not saying these fields aren’t important and won’t eventually develop far enough to have such answers, but as they are, right now, they are filled with deficiencies.

    Because there are no hard, irrefutable, numerical answers, these fields inherently invite biased studies with conclusions searching for evidence rather than the other way around. And while this may not be the norm, it absolutely exists and can be used to justify anything. Then other studies cite that study which cites that study, and on and on. And since it can’t just be disproven with an equation, its much harder to refute and correct.

    It’s educated guesses. Maybe some day they won’t be guesses, just like we don’t guess that 1+1=2 or that oxygen and hydrogen can combine to make water; but for right now, they’re guesses. And no amount of saying that’s offensive to those who study it will change that.

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      It’s a metaphor, my god.

      Nothing good is going to come after an opener like that.

      Reductionism may make you feel very smart, but eliminating everything that doesn’t fit and doubling down on the belief that your hobby/specialization knows better than entire fields that are actually dedicated to the subject is sheer hubris.

      And no amount of saying that’s offensive

      I didn’t say that. I said the arrogance is obnoxious, because it is. And conjuring up imaginary enemies that are “offended” by your le logical factual facts is a crybully move.

      Get over yourself

      You first. You’re making extraordinary claims without extraordinary evidence, and in the process saying that entire fields of academia are false/pointless because they’re not special Main Characters with an exclusive grasp of reality like, presumably, yourself.

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        Nothing good is going to come after an opener like that.

        Yea, and nothing good will come from a shitty meme attacking a choice of metaphor rather than it’s content. Which is what you did to start. What a great picture you posted, is that supposed to represent the strawman you built rather than form any actual argument other than “no you’re wrong”?

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          You don’t deserve better because you didn’t offer anything of value to respond to with better.

          “Psychology worthless because brain is a computer” is a level of arrogance on the level of a physicist claiming that they are the master of all things biology by extension of their field and that biology is a worthless subject.

          Similar actual usefulness in application too. I wouldn’t ask a physicist how to preserve coral in the Great Barrier Reef, and I certainly wouldn’t ask you to perform therapy sessions for PTSD victims. It’d be just as disasterous, probably moreso in your case considering the sheer arrogance you’re presenting because you touch computers and think very highly of yourself and believe that your computer touching has godlike universal application.

          Actually, it’s worse than that, because at least the physicist has a straight line that can be drawn, however distant, to biology through chemistry. You don’t even have that.

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            “Psychology worthless because brain is a computer”

            See this? This right here? This is you attacking the choice of metaphor rather than the content.

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              This is you attacking the choice of metaphor rather than the content.

              See this? This right here?

              Most psychology is BS and the entire field is little better than pseudoscience.

              psychology is like watching a bunch of YouTube videos of people demonstrating the software.

              One provides answers. The other provides guesses.

              Such metaphor!

              Until you touch a computer enough to come up with a superior replacement to EMDR or CBT therapy procedures that actually helps people in need of such help, you’re just huffing your own farts while trying to invalidate centuries of academia.

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                  I think even psychologists cackle about that one now, but it’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and it’s actually quite effective with treating certain personality disorders if the program is adhered to. Compared to “that’s all bunk, brain scans/computer comparisons are all you need bro, trust me bro” dismissive claims backed by nothing, one has actually helped millions of people.

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                    It was a genuine question. I am not a native speaker so I know a different set of specialized terms for this type of thing.

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              The metaphor was the only content you fucking moron, and it wasn’t even a good one. And that’s not even to mention whatever you were saying about the brain being like soil or whatever lmfao. Just admit the few sentence throwaway comment you made was stupid and move on, Jesus Christ.