Your impression of what psychologists believe is outdated. Today’s psychologists already know that Freudian psychoanalysis doesn’t work. It’s been years since it was part of the standard understanding of psychology.
That’s nice, but what about the axiom of medicine, when was that examined? How did they prove the idea that statistics is an effective research method for neural networks of 10^14 synapses trained on unique input exhibiting mostly unique symptoms?
And the placebo effect is already accounted for in every serious randomized trial.
Yes, I applaud their very effective ways to completely ignore it. Where’s the research on producing better and permanent placebo? Where are the results? Don’t you think that’s in scope for a field called psychology? If not, who should be researching it? In what way is “placebo” not a thought-stopper for psychology?
Your implication that depression is not a real thing needs to be explained in more detail, especially with such a kilometer-tall red flag as your use of square quotes for evidence-based medicine.
Depression is a real thing, it’s just not a hardware problem. They should be doing tech support, not medicine. Half of NLP is basically trying to find out what they see on the screen, and they still get better results. Psychology needs to qualify their methods as “evidence-based” to distinguish it from “result-based”.
If you think medicine is a better fit for the human brain than a computing metaphor, feel free to demonstrate the existence of a mental immune system.
So, what’s your evidence that stage hypnosis is a viable therapy?
I mention stage hypnotists a lot because they need to make it blatantly obvious that something is happening. They optimize for entertainment, not therapy. You can observe their results on Youtube.
For therapy, my evidence is Mark Cunningham’s work. When he does an erotic hypnosis demo on a subject with anorgasmia, you can tell she was telling the truth because the session lasts about 20 minutes longer than usual. The results are also blatantly obvious. Look for Adina in his Renegade Hypnotist Project. It’s up on TPB, along with a bunch of his other stuff. Some of his other demos are also up on Youtube.
Here is Richard Bandler dealing with a schizophrenic. He’s also using hypnosis everywhere he goes, also up on TPB.
You will not find one person who has done erotic hypnosis on either side of the chair who believes it possible to hang on to anything diagnosed as depression after ten orgasms in half an hour. One.
How did they prove the idea that statistics is an effective research method
The intimidating complexity of the brain doesn’t turn it into a strange, otherworldly realm where the same boring laws of physics somehow cease to apply.
Where’s the research on producing better and permanent placebo?
Your idea of what a placebo does is very confused. A placebo is not a backdoor fix to reboot the brain with a secret magic word. A placebo is anything that is physically ineffectual but resembles actual therapy, and the only reason why it’s still a necessary evil in research is because it gives a standard of comparison to ascertain how much of the effect of an actual treatment was due to mere suggestion. It is (outside of rare scenarios where a doctor is in an extremely precarious situation with no viable therapy at hand) the epitome of unethical to prescribe a placebo.
Depression is a real thing, it’s just not a hardware problem.
Unless you’re a dualist, every mental disorder is a hardware problem. There’s simply no other place where things can happen.
If you think medicine is a better fit for the human brain than a computing metaphor
Don’t put words in my mouth. I’ve never spoken against the computing metaphor.
You can observe their results on Youtube.
I can also observe faith healing and exorcisms on YouTube. Show me large-scale, randomized, controlled trials published in peer-reviewed journals.
You will not find one person [...] to hang on to anything diagnosed as depression after ten orgasms in half an hour.
Now you’re making a testable claim. You’re saying lots of orgasms cure depression. What’s the scientific evidence?
I gave directions to Hogwarts. I gave the simplest, easiest and most fun testable claim I could think of. It is part of the claim that the process of testing it is guaranteed to improve your life. No study will change any of that. Go observe reality.
That’s nice, but what about the axiom of medicine, when was that examined? How did they prove the idea that statistics is an effective research method for neural networks of 10^14 synapses trained on unique input exhibiting mostly unique symptoms?
Yes, I applaud their very effective ways to completely ignore it. Where’s the research on producing better and permanent placebo? Where are the results? Don’t you think that’s in scope for a field called psychology? If not, who should be researching it? In what way is “placebo” not a thought-stopper for psychology?
Depression is a real thing, it’s just not a hardware problem. They should be doing tech support, not medicine. Half of NLP is basically trying to find out what they see on the screen, and they still get better results. Psychology needs to qualify their methods as “evidence-based” to distinguish it from “result-based”.
If you think medicine is a better fit for the human brain than a computing metaphor, feel free to demonstrate the existence of a mental immune system.
I mention stage hypnotists a lot because they need to make it blatantly obvious that something is happening. They optimize for entertainment, not therapy. You can observe their results on Youtube.
For therapy, my evidence is Mark Cunningham’s work. When he does an erotic hypnosis demo on a subject with anorgasmia, you can tell she was telling the truth because the session lasts about 20 minutes longer than usual. The results are also blatantly obvious. Look for Adina in his Renegade Hypnotist Project. It’s up on TPB, along with a bunch of his other stuff. Some of his other demos are also up on Youtube.
Here is Richard Bandler dealing with a schizophrenic. He’s also using hypnosis everywhere he goes, also up on TPB.
You will not find one person who has done erotic hypnosis on either side of the chair who believes it possible to hang on to anything diagnosed as depression after ten orgasms in half an hour. One.
The intimidating complexity of the brain doesn’t turn it into a strange, otherworldly realm where the same boring laws of physics somehow cease to apply.
Your idea of what a placebo does is very confused. A placebo is not a backdoor fix to reboot the brain with a secret magic word. A placebo is anything that is physically ineffectual but resembles actual therapy, and the only reason why it’s still a necessary evil in research is because it gives a standard of comparison to ascertain how much of the effect of an actual treatment was due to mere suggestion. It is (outside of rare scenarios where a doctor is in an extremely precarious situation with no viable therapy at hand) the epitome of unethical to prescribe a placebo.
Unless you’re a dualist, every mental disorder is a hardware problem. There’s simply no other place where things can happen.
Don’t put words in my mouth. I’ve never spoken against the computing metaphor.
I can also observe faith healing and exorcisms on YouTube. Show me large-scale, randomized, controlled trials published in peer-reviewed journals.
Now you’re making a testable claim. You’re saying lots of orgasms cure depression. What’s the scientific evidence?
I gave directions to Hogwarts. I gave the simplest, easiest and most fun testable claim I could think of. It is part of the claim that the process of testing it is guaranteed to improve your life. No study will change any of that. Go observe reality.