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I'm aware doctors refer to people who are licensed to teach. And I'm aware of the difference between a MD and a doctor.
What I'm saying is a doctor - who can teach - in a BS discipline is first and foremost a fraud. There shouldn't be a PhD in psychology anymore that there is a PhD in alchemy or dowsing.
Just curious and not debating you. From what angle do you arrive at psychology being bullshit? Is it from personal experience? Is it a religious thing? How did you come to this conclusion?
This isn't meant as an attack, I'm genuinely curious.
Well psychology is a pseudo-science. It's based entirely on suppositions that early psychologists - and mostly Freud - essentially pulled out of their asses. I have no trouble believing that it helps certain people to a degree, just like other pseudo medical stuff like acupuncture or homeopathy do, but mostly it's a grift to transfer money from people who need help to charlatan who can't provide it - and worse, keep those people in constant need of more help by encouraging them to wallow in whatever is wrong with them.
Now, bear in mind that I'm talking about psychology here, not psychiatry: the latter is a real medical specialty based on evidence and research. It does incorporate elements of psychology, because like all placebos, if it helps, why not. But the helpful BS is only a small fraction of psychiatry, not the entirety of it.
Okay, interesting (sincerely). I disagree about the pseudoscientific nature of psychology, but I appreciate you engaging with the question in a reasonable way.