Psychology and its detractors

[coberst]

Psychology and its detractors

It appears to me that the attitude of American citizens is very unsophisticated in matters of psychic concerns. It seems that we still carry a negative comprehension about mental problems and have not yet become sophisticated enough to face the problem of psychic ailments.

I am a retired electronics engineer who was, until recently, totally ignorant of psychology except for the standard pop-psychology that seems to be universally the norm.

In the last few years I have devoted a good bit of time trying to comprehend psychology, both its history and its present state. During this short period I have posted on various forums many short threads about what I have learned about this science.

A very distinctive and common response has resulted. Almost everyone who responds is completely negative about psychology. It is also apparent that they are totally ignorant of this science except for the common pop-psychology knowledge.

I suspect that the degree of ignorance of psychology may be about as total as is the degree of ignorance of QM (quantum mechanics). However everyone seems to hold QM in high regard whereas almost everyone I encounter on Internet forums holds contempt for psychology.

Does anyone here have a considered opinion as to why this is true, assuming you agree it is true?

[Mike C]

Originally Posted by coberst

Psychology and its detractors

It appears to me that the attitude of American citizens is very unsophisticated in matters of psychic concerns. It seems that we still carry a negative comprehension about mental problems and have not yet become sophisticated enough to face the problem of psychic ailments.

I am a retired electronics engineer who was, until recently, totally ignorant of psychology except for the standard pop-psychology that seems to be universally the norm.

In the last few years I have devoted a good bit of time trying to comprehend psychology, both its history and its present state. During this short period I have posted on various forums many short threads about what I have learned about this science.

A very distinctive and common response has resulted. Almost everyone who responds is completely negative about psychology. It is also apparent that they are totally ignorant of this science except for the common pop-psychology knowledge.

I suspect that the degree of ignorance of psychology may be about as total as is the degree of ignorance of QM (quantum mechanics). However everyone seems to hold QM in high regard whereas almost everyone I encounter on Internet forums holds contempt for psychology.

Does anyone here have a considered opinion as to why this is true, assuming you agree it is true?

I am aware of the psychology in our US English language that seems to have been derived from the bible to some degree that promotes racism with its separation of light and darkness.

Take the 'built in' bias in our language that elavates the popes and their church to a supreme status while the 'M' words are downgraded to an inferior status.

Examples:
All the power/good words start with 'po' or 'pr' like politician, president, police, produce, prime, proton (how did that get in here(?) and etc.

On the other hand, the inferior/bad words seem to start with the letter 'M' like the prefix of 'mis' that is a prefix for 'error/wrong'.
Also, moron, malcontent, murder, moody, monster and etc.

Mike C