• Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
    8·
    30 days ago

    Its funny how Scientists can insist on solid evidence and make sure to highlight every possible margin of error in their field but when it comes to political economy and history they are more than willing to just accept wild irrational beliefs.

    Like if someone in their field publishes a paper that has a premise that aligns with their own research they will pick it apart with a fine toothed comb, but if a propaganda outlet says that “bad country” is doing something irrational without cause, they will just go right along with it. They’ll even say “that’s insane I can’t believe anyone would do that” and yet they will just believe that it is happening.

    • TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      30 days ago

      Nah, it also happens in psychology and theoretical physics.

      Someone can propose the Bicameral Mind hypothesis[1] or the Many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics[2] and not be laughed out of the room.

      1. the idea that consciousness is actually cultural and humans were literally incapable of introspection before 3000 AD ↩︎

      2. idea that every quantum wave collapse actually generates an entire (or partial) new parallel Universe ↩︎

      • Shakartah@lemmygrad.ml
        9·
        29 days ago

        Psychologists are the one profession where you need shit nothing other than morals and ethics forged by bourgeois ideas. Not to say they don’t offer anything or that all is bullshit, but most of it is made to rehabilitate workers to continue doing their labor for society, and most psychologists will follow an idealistic world view and even push religious insanity to their patients. Psychiatrists on the other hand are actually trying to follow a scientific world view approach for sadly the same end goal, but they are much less tolerant towards idealistic world views and religious fanaticism. That ofc is my experience with these practitioners and Doctors plus my research on the topic