Tag: science
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Psychiatry, the dubious science
In the 1900’s there were automobiles, Einstein’s Theory of relativity, sophisticated mathematics, Newtonian physics, evolution theory, and then psychiatry. No hard evidence, no statistical evidence, just observance with all the observational biases. There was no schizophrenia but dementia praecox because of early onset and rapidly deteriorating cognitive deficits. Oh, wait! The cognitive deficits were remarkably…
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Make sure American scientists make those discoveries, other countries don’t
German universities were the best in the world prior to WW2. After total economical (and therefore political) submission to the US, UK, and France, their universities became mediocre (with some exemptions). Is that an accident or a purpose? Science, technology, and the military are connected to a high degree. With the domination in these areas,…
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Marijuana is a getaway drug
There has been an ongoing debate whether marijuana is a getaway drug to drugs like heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine. While I would definitely legalize all drugs and heighten school or public enlightenment, the core of the truth is really lying on the fact that marijuana is a getaway drug. Or at least the majority of…
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Why I am not a skeptic
I don’t like people who call themselves skeptics. They claim things don’t exist in a generalized way. I don’t believe in dowsing rod, alternative medicine, astrology, poltergeists, paranormal things, acupuncture, psychoanalysis, creationism, parapsychology, and so on. So why I am not a skeptic? Because I refuse to turn down things in general. Science has produced…
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Holistic medicine, the pseudoscience at its best
I love spiritual things that came into existence during the period of science. Alternative medicine is one of them. In the Middle Ages, they understood that when assessing whether the medicine works, you must give the real medicine to 20 people and placebo to 20 people with exactly the same condition. Then you see whether…
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Our high intelligence gives us an opportunity to be so wrong
Imagine duck or dog believing in God. They can’t. They are not smart enough. But they also don’t possess cognitive biases, formal fallacies and critical thinking. Our brilliant intelligence possesses a dark side. If you or I were willing to devote the time for it, we would invent 10 000 religions with completely different explanations…