Posted: Mar 01, 2010 6:56 am
MolotovNomNom wrote:Just from reading the excerpt, I think he's referring to psychoanalytical approaches of Freud and Jung and criticizing specifically those two. I don't think he was referring to behavioral and cognitive psych, which have more evidence and science behind them. While Freud and the such pretty much started therapy, it wasn't really based on anything concrete. Psychoanalysis may still be used but I think it's safe to say it is not used as much anymore.
This pretty much sums it up.
Feynman here has an issue with psychoanalysis, which was/is/and always will be bullshit, so he is right to do so. It should be noted that psychoanalysis is not psychology, it is not a science and fortunately it is slowly decreasing in popularity - but as physicists will always be plagued with crackpots and their perpetual energy machines, psychologists will always be plagued by the crackpots who think everything can be explained by people being attracted to their mothers.