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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

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.

Please quit with the patronising tone all the time. I trained as a nurse and am fully aware of the importance of psychology and it’s benefits but that doesn’t change the fact it is not an exact science and confirmation bias is an issue sometimes in the interpretation of data which is all I said. I didn’t Say it had no value - of course it does.