On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, jim clark wrote:
> Hi
>
> A student just passed on an article on Psychotherapy in the May
> 2001 issue of Stuff (a magazine for men, I gather). Here is the
> lead:
>
> "Psychotherapists! First they feed your fears! Then they drive
> you nuts! Then they suck your wallet dry! Then they completely
> flip out! Who are these people?"
>
> Here are some more choice quotes "What can you say about a
> profession that pretends to be therapeutic but is no more science
> than cheerleading or disco?" "Whether they're playing counselor
> to teenagers or taching their own special kind of 'science' over
> at Suck U, the're all making it up as they go along." "In fact,
> psychology is what religion would look like if God were a
> self-absorbed moron. The universal church for this kind of thing
> is the American Psychological Association." "If you go to
> someone with your problems and he has an APA certificate on the
> wall, for God's sake, run for your life. He's crazier than you
> will ever be."
>
> It provides a number of Proxmire-like reviews of research.
> "Research has shown that impulsivity, learning difficulties, low
> IQ or fearlessness can make someone prone to violence.
> Translation: stupid people get into fights." After a longer
> discussion of research on childhood aggression ... "The APA
> disguised the report as science. The newspapers disguised the
> junk science as news." After a brief description of the
> separation of APS (and a positive allusion to an APS report on
> "The scientific status of projective techniques"), "So the APA
> dropped the word scientific from its definition of psychology; it
> was a rare concession to the truth, although it certainly doesn't
> stop the psychos from pretending that they're doing science
> anyway. But what a mad science!" "In the hands of psychos,
> science has been transformed into an agent for the wackiest forms
> of liberal political correctness."
That is his/her (not talking about Jim) reality of truth :-))
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
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