Of course, much of Sociology (the degree in question) has abandoned any
pretense to science-as-we-know-it.
Has Sociology become a social disease?
At 12:45 AM -0400 8/29/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>Joe Horton drew our attention to a news report that the
>Astrological Institute in Phoenix recently received US Federal
>accreditation. Joe commented:
>
>> One of the saddest things about this is they claim to teach psychology.
>
>What could be sadder than that? Well, suppose that one of the
>foremost universities in the world, say Harvard or Oxford,
>decided to award someone a doctorate for a thesis defending
>astrology. In fact, that has now happened, only the university is
>none of the above, but the pride of France, the prestigious
>Sorbonne.
>
>At least we should be grateful that the discipline in which
>the degree was awarded wasn't psychology.
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