Once upon a time, science and philosophy were married. During this time, all scientists were generalists and called themselves, “natural philosophers.” They believed that to adequately explore the natural world, they needed a broad swath of knowledge. And that to acquire this knowledge, they needed to cooperate with, and share their discoveries with, each other….
Cripes, I am so sick of people arguing from the viewpoint of the damn medical model, wherein only majority personalities are seen as healthy (normal). “Pathos” is Greek for suffering. Psycho-pathic Autism means mental suffering stemming from a profound sense of aloneness. So-called normal people can at times fall into this category as well, albeit…
The short answer is, as currently practiced, sadly, mostly not. And yes, there is a part of psychology which is good science; the part wherein scientists gather observations without interpreting this data. Unfortunately, modern psychology then falls apart, when it claims to know what this data implies about human nature. Why? Because they base most…
Oddly, I can think of many possibilities which may apply to your husband. Here are but a few. [1] Your husband may have Asperger’s.[2] Your husband may be an asshole.[3] Your husband may be an asshole with Asperger’s.[4] Your husband may be none of the above. Far more important, though, are the possibilities which may…
No. But it’s wrong for you to judgmentally hurt her because of it. To be happy, you must be yourself. Forcing yourself to date someone you cannot accept will only result in both of you being hurt. Let go with kindness.
Please forgive my opening rant. It’s just that I am so sick and tired of the world treating us like we’re broken. Rant warning on: As long as we continue to adhere to the medical model’s way of defining heath (as the statistical norm), questions like this one; “mask their condition,” will continue to be…
To begin with, when I first read this question, I wondered if it was being posted by a troll. Please realize, I mean no offense to the OP. I’m simply pointing out how open to interpretation this question is. I find this vagueness ironic in light of the motives most scientists aspire to. Most scientists,…
Please know, I find this question incredibly intuitive. Few people would think to ask it. As for the question, despite what others have written here, the short answer is definitely not. Indeed, it’s not only the word “fact” that science defines poorly. As currently practiced, science has no formal way to scientifically define any of…
Ah, Dennis, what a brilliant question. Thank you for asking me to respond. To begin with, I think it’s actually your second possibility that nails it: That statistics, as an idea, has never properly been understood. My evidence? Read the original book on statistics, Jacob Bernoulli’s 1713 book, Ars Conjectandi (The Art of Conjecturing). In…
There is a time in child development when children live to ask, and hear answers to, natural “why” questions. During this time, parents are gods and children hear their answers as absolutes. Sadly, by the time these children enter third grade, they have projected this pattern onto out-in-the-world mommies and daddies. And by the time…
I’m always amazed by how people who have never contributed in any way to a profession can feel entitled to claim other peoples’ work in this profession is right or wrong. What I mean is, like Jung, Adler, and Janet, Freud was a rare bird. He was a full-blown personality theorist AND at the same…
To begin with, the phrase, “black and white thinking,” is pejorative. As used here, it implies, right from the start, that people on the spectrum are broken rather than different. This is similar to the way people in the 1950’s called African Americans, “darkies.” When called on doing this, most people would say they intended…