> But the softer fields lack such harshness -- they're comically tolerant.
Anecdotally, I think the field of psychology is in getting the public ire recently because of this. I read more and more complaints that certain highly touted (published?) therapies are failing and destroying individual lives. The other sub-field I see it is the societal impact of, again, highly touted & published psychology hurting entire classes of people.
The more bombastic the claim, the more likely it becomes de facto "reality". As you describe it, there is no simple & quick way to rationally disprove, and why would they - it is fashionable.
Anecdotally, I think the field of psychology is in getting the public ire recently because of this. I read more and more complaints that certain highly touted (published?) therapies are failing and destroying individual lives. The other sub-field I see it is the societal impact of, again, highly touted & published psychology hurting entire classes of people.
The more bombastic the claim, the more likely it becomes de facto "reality". As you describe it, there is no simple & quick way to rationally disprove, and why would they - it is fashionable.