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Originally Posted by Brillopad

Psychology is a cognitive science more predisposed to combination bias. People will cherry-pick the information that confirms their own beliefs and it is therefore not as reliable as other sciences.

The study mentioned is one such example of this and the ‘results’ mentioned flitted with what the researchers wanted to see. It is not an exact science so pardon me for not giving it the same credibility I would give to say a mathematical equation.

Cognitive or not, all science is based on theory. There are no facts in science, (even in hard science). All science including psychology, adheres to scientific method and all science including hard science and psychology abides by the same rules and includes a great deal of mathematics and statistics. The only difference between psychology and other sciences is its relative newness and its massive complexities.

Someone wrote a theory based on their findings which of course included mathematical equations. Do you really believe a theory is an opinion of what an individual wants to see?

I don't think you have any real understanding about the importance of psychology. Without psychology we wouldn’t of tackled any mental illness or aided drug development for various diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Without psychology we wouldn't have anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs and surgeons wouldn't be able to carry out many types of neurosurgery.