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::::::I'm astonished.  I don't know what the phrase 'Big science' is intended to mean, but is it really the intention of this site to discredit such well established and successful sciences of psychiatry & psychology?  You say they are just feeling around in the dark, Bugler.  Why?  The sciences are built on observed causes and results.  Bipolar disorder is believed to be hereditary, not just because it's a convenient theory, but because of the overwhelming burden of cases suggesting this.  You seem to reject this, while also trying to apply the same methodology yourself, in your claim that there are correlations between bipolar disorder and  political views, and you have provided no evidence for this.  [[User:Sideways|Sideways]] 17:02, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

::::::I'm astonished.  I don't know what the phrase 'Big science' is intended to mean, but is it really the intention of this site to discredit such well established and successful sciences of psychiatry & psychology?  You say they are just feeling around in the dark, Bugler.  Why?  The sciences are built on observed causes and results.  Bipolar disorder is believed to be hereditary, not just because it's a convenient theory, but because of the overwhelming burden of cases suggesting this.  You seem to reject this, while also trying to apply the same methodology yourself, in your claim that there are correlations between bipolar disorder and  political views, and you have provided no evidence for this.  [[User:Sideways|Sideways]] 17:02, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

::::::::To be clear, Sideways, yes: I do believe that both psychiatry and psychology are speculative in the extreme. I don't think even their most ardent fans would claim that they have concrete standards of proof. And to pretend so in this encyclopaedia would be to do our users a very grave disservice. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:05, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

::::::::To be clear, Sideways, yes: I do believe that both psychiatry and psychology are speculative in the extreme. I don't think even their most ardent fans would claim that they have concrete standards of proof. And to pretend so in this encyclopaedia would be to do our users a very grave disservice. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:05, 16 September 2008 (EDT)