Blog: Not the Science Bit: "Psychology is (not?) fine"

Andy

Andy

Retired committee member
Blog by @Brian Hughes
Today I will be doing a turn. Actually, two turns. (Three, if you include tomorrow.)

This afternoon I have the honour of being a keynote speaker at the Psychological Society of Ireland’s annual conference, here in Wexford City (Ireland’s “sunny southeast”, where roadside strawberries come from, and opera).

My talk is part of a special plenary organized by PSI, the British Psychological Society, AND the American Psychological Association. So no pressure then!

I will be asking, “Is it time for Psychology 2.0?” and yes, you’ve guessed it, it’s a rhetorical question. But without spoiling too much, I can tell you that my rhetoric will be organized around an assertion that, yes, I do think it is time for such a thing.
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https://notthesciencebit.net/2018/11/08/psychology-is-not-fine/
 
@Brian Hughes, I am reading 'Psychology in Crisis' with great interest. It is the first book I hope to finish for a number of years. Brain fog means difficulty in integrating information over longer sections of text, so each chapter has to be reread several times. Currently about a month in and on Chapter 5.

As someone with ME I really value your challenging of the appalling science that is harming so many people, though as a psychology graduate it is really depressing that you have to address an ongoing complacency about methodological problems well known over forty years ago.

Hopefully your work will be a catalyst for real change.
 
Peter Trewhitt said:
@Brian Hughes, I am reading 'Psychology in Crisis' with great interest. It is the first book I hope to finish for a number of years. Brain fog means difficulty in integrating information over longer sections of text, so each chapter has to be reread several times. Currently about a month in and on Chapter 5.

As someone with ME I really value your challenging of the appalling science that is harming so many people, though as a psychology graduate it is really depressing that you have to address an ongoing complacency about methodological problems well known over forty years ago.

Hopefully your work will be a catalyst for real change.
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I'm really hoping the good psychologists and psychiatrists will see the mounting problems of letting a fringe minority of quacks harming the reputation of their profession.

This rise of magical thinking is bad for everyone and may usher in a serious crisis of confidence in those two specialities' ability to regulate themselves.
 
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