Yes, he did appear to be deliberately jabbing Freudian theory, which is understandable, but I can see someone watching this section of the video and concluding from it that because we can't quantify "love", psychology is "ipso facto" not a science.
How would we defend psychology to Feynman (if he were still alive of course)? We could have acquainted him with behavioral methods of studying humans, which does allow for quantification, but how would we justify to him that we can study emotions? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt On Jan 28, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Rick Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It kind of sounded like he was criticizing Freudian theories rather than > psychological research. > > Rick Stevens > School of Behavioral and Social Sciences > University of Louisiana at Monroe > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> > wrote: > Here's a clip from a video showing physicist Richard Feynman talking about > the scientific method. In this 55 sec clip from the video he alludes to > psychology and says essentially, "you can't have a prediction be shown to be > right no matter which way it comes out." Which is of course a good point. He > then goes on to be a bit more dismissive of psychology because since it's > hard to measure a concept like "love" then you can't claim to know anything > about it. > > http://reelsurfer.com/watch/share/40721 > > Thoughts? > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f38d&n=T&l=tips&o=33615 > or send a blank email to > leave-33615-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=33618 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-33618-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=33620 or send a blank email to leave-33620-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
