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Everyone thinks critical thinking is a great thing. I don’t disagree, but how about a little open mindedness? I take a look at last week’s episode on energy medicine and discuss being critical, the scientific method and remaining open to those matters we cannot access through the scientific method.
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Hey Michael,
I like what you’re talking about in this episode. I think, and this is only my opinion, that as we progress scientifically, psychology will become more and more like the “hard” sciences such as physics and chemistry. I don’t remember who said it or even the exact wording, but the quote went something like this: if you can’t express what you’re talking about in numbers, you don’t know very much about what you’re speaking.
I think that the more we learn about and understand the brain, the more like a hard science, and more quantifiable psychology will become. Now, whether that’s good or bad depends upon how we use that information. But, nevertheless, I believe that the secrets of the brain will someday be revealed, and we will develop scientific instrumentation that will give us the opportunity to measure brain activity in a truly meaningful way.