I remember taking psychology, in both high school and college. I remember that every issue we confronted, we would investigate what the different philosophies believed were the causes and treatments for the various issues....the humanists, the behaviorists, the cognitive folks, the psychoanalytic thought, etc. etc.
Each "branch" if you will, always had their own incomplete way of viewing and treating psychological issues. At the end of every section, there was always the obligatory "A combined approach that utilizes humanist, behavioral, psychoanalytical and biological treatments produces the best results." It got so repetitive that I dismissed the whole exercise as pointless. At one point I finally asked the instructors "Are there still psychologists out there that wholly subscribe to only one philosophy?" I feel that same frustration with politics: "Are there still people that really believe a conservative or a liberal philosophy can stand on it's own as the best way to govern?" Sorry for the long tangent, but this issue just comes back the simple point that exclusivity is rarely a good thing, and usually leads to incompleteness at best, and ignorance and outright failure at worst. On 4/16/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Amazing that money has to be wasted on a study that attempts to prove > what > > should be patently obvious to anyone with common sense. > > Oddly, "common sense" was the administration's argument *for* > abstinence only programs > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232656 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
