Reply #44: psychology is a "soft science"

[paulsby]

and i say that as somebody who went to grad school for counseling psychology.

it has mediocre predictive value, for example, especially compared with hard science.

and then it IS true that many psychiatrists, just like other MD's, are tools (unwitting in some cases) of big pharma, and think the cure for everything is a pill.

i certainly believe psychiatry has value, of course. but it is an easy target.

i particularly enjoyed the south park ritalin/adhd episode.