As you can all see, the picture is not black and white. The science is often confused but more than that, emotion has been allowed to get in the way of science. Often we don't even seem to be talking about the same thing. Studies must be well planned; they must be reproducible; there must be a lack of bias (one only has to look at the immaturity of people who have clicked on the LIKE buttons next to each reply, not because it is good science but because it agrees with their prejudices. Now how can one rely on such a measure of success when thought processes are short-circuited? It's unlikely to help your cause, and one wonders whether people do in fact, want to get better, and be taken seriously or they want to wallow in their own misery? Maybe there is a psychiatric basis for it?)
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As you can all see, the picture is not black and white. The science is often confused but more than that, emotion has been allowed to get in the way of science. Often we don't even seem to be talking about the same thing. Studies must be well planned; they must be reproducible; there must be a lack of bias (one only has to look at the immaturity of people who have clicked on the LIKE buttons next to each reply, not because it is good science but because it agrees with their prejudices. Now how can one rely on such a measure of success when thought processes are short-circuited? It's unlikely to help your cause, and one wonders whether people do in fact, want to get better, and be taken seriously or they want to wallow in their own misery? Maybe there is a psychiatric basis for it?)
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