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What is gravity? (mander.xyz)
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[–] 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

It's a metaphor, my god.

Nothing good is going to come after an opener like that.

Reductionism may make you feel very smart, but eliminating everything that doesn't fit and doubling down on the belief that your hobby/specialization knows better than entire fields that are actually dedicated to the subject is sheer hubris.

And no amount of saying that's offensive

I didn't say that. I said the arrogance is obnoxious, because it is. And conjuring up imaginary enemies that are "offended" by your le logical factual facts is a crybully move.

Get over yourself

You first. You're making extraordinary claims without extraordinary evidence, and in the process saying that entire fields of academia are false/pointless because they're not special Main Characters with an exclusive grasp of reality like, presumably, yourself.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Nothing good is going to come after an opener like that.

    Yea, and nothing good will come from a shitty meme attacking a choice of metaphor rather than it's content. Which is what you did to start. What a great picture you posted, is that supposed to represent the strawman you built rather than form any actual argument other than "no you're wrong"?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    You don't deserve better because you didn't offer anything of value to respond to with better.

    "Psychology worthless because brain is a computer" is a level of arrogance on the level of a physicist claiming that they are the master of all things biology by extension of their field and that biology is a worthless subject.

    Similar actual usefulness in application too. I wouldn't ask a physicist how to preserve coral in the Great Barrier Reef, and I certainly wouldn't ask you to perform therapy sessions for PTSD victims. It'd be just as disasterous, probably moreso in your case considering the sheer arrogance you're presenting because you touch computers and think very highly of yourself and believe that your computer touching has godlike universal application.

    Actually, it's worse than that, because at least the physicist has a straight line that can be drawn, however distant, to biology through chemistry. You don't even have that.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    “Psychology worthless because brain is a computer”

    See this? This right here? This is you attacking the choice of metaphor rather than the content.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    This is you attacking the choice of metaphor rather than the content.

    See this? This right here?

    Most psychology is BS and the entire field is little better than pseudoscience.

    psychology is like watching a bunch of YouTube videos of people demonstrating the software.

    One provides answers. The other provides guesses.

    Such metaphor!

    Until you touch a computer enough to come up with a superior replacement to EMDR or CBT therapy procedures that actually helps people in need of such help, you're just huffing your own farts while trying to invalidate centuries of academia.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Cock and Ball Torture therapy?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I think even psychologists cackle about that one now, but it's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and it's actually quite effective with treating certain personality disorders if the program is adhered to. Compared to "that's all bunk, brain scans/computer comparisons are all you need bro, trust me bro" dismissive claims backed by nothing, one has actually helped millions of people.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The metaphor was the only content you fucking moron, and it wasn't even a good one. And that's not even to mention whatever you were saying about the brain being like soil or whatever lmfao. Just admit the few sentence throwaway comment you made was stupid and move on, Jesus Christ.

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