What Ana said happens to me with farts. I hold them in all day because I’m surrounded by people, but when I am finally alone… BRABOUM!! BRRRRRRROOAUM!!!! BRRROAAARRWWW!!! – Now that’s an explosive disorder, I tell you.

@niriop

I’m not the one losing my stuff and insulting people for no good reason. Even if I’m completely and utterly wrong it should be easy to show with out the childish insults. All I did was ask for more information. Like I said, read my other comments to MrJsebastian00, I don’t want to flood this thread with the same comment over and over.

@Leadman1989 There are even those who state that Sociology and even Anthropology aren’t “real” sciences. Hey, everyone has an opinion. I suggest you dont think of science as a dichotomy of “truth” and “non-truth” because that state of mind tends to leave of too much.

@Leadman1989 I never said there is not a theoretical component; by extension, most work in theoretical physics such as string theory is “not science”.

1. Experimental psychology, educational psychology, social psychology (eg Zimbardo’s work on power), psychophysics, neuropsychology, emotion psychology, developmental psychology, psychometrics, psychiatry, and psychotherapy are all branches of psychology are steadfastly empirical and use the scientific method.

@niriop

Talk about a non-sequitur? “most work in theoretical physics such as string theory is “not science” Even if that’s true it has NO bearing on whether or not THIS is real science

1 I don’t mean to be rude but you just keep SAYING it and not demonstrating it or pointing me to anything concrete. Like I said yes it’s grounded in science but in it self can make NO predictions so it isn’t “real” science
2 Is that why Alan Turing killed himself? Plus that doesn’t answer my question in anyway.

@Leadman1989 Well, its not my fault you’re fucking stupid.

Look at any given research psychology journal, and what do we see…EMPIRICAL FUCKING DATA! Why do I lower myself for you morons? Fuck me…

@Leadman1989 Right, the thing I want to go and kill is you. Fuck you you illiterate twat.

@Leadman1989 science in all its aspects is generalized and interpreted. Science is not inmutable, lineal and closed disipline, youre talking about a dogma, not science. The rules it does have are mostly temporary and will eventually change. These are some things that our friend Thomas Kuhn, Popper, Gianella and even Plato talked about.

@courtneytlhaynes Well that’s fair enough. By the way, I appreciate the calm, respectful way we’ve been having this conversation where you try to talk me down from the rooftop of my road rage. Which I’m guessing you have figured is probably not all that bad, all things considered, from our discussion here.

@niriop

Astrology is an empirical experimental and social science. Nuff said. Really? Come on at least read my other comments as to why I think it’s not and give something a little more fleshed out.

@niriop

This shows your MASTERFUL understanding of the subject. Cheers mate.

@aaronpolitical, & I HIGHLY appreciate the calm conversation with you. Just got done trying to have a debate with a guy who was quite the opposite of you. These discussions for me are a great mental exercise, especially when the opponent knows the meaning of civil discussion.

As for road rage, I’ll just say it’s not for me, though I did have my own bout of road rage recently when a car ran into me while I was riding my bike only to keep on going, but I think I’m entitled to it in that case.

@Leadman1989 Self-projection

@Leadman1989 All information is generalized via deduction. There is no information to say that homosexuality is not a mental disorder. The social aspect has little to do with the neurological condition of an individual, That being said you can never and should never isolate one branch of knowledge because everything is intertwined =)

@courtneytlhaynes In that situation, however, they need to pay more attention. There is no excuse for a laissez-faire approach toward driving 2 ton vehicles at 60 mph at one another. So, that makes them an idiot for not taking it seriously. Not a permanent state, just a temporary award in most cases.

Now I’m wondering just how common you think the “oops” approach is vs. the intentional jerk approach? I live near a major city, I think 80% is jerk, not mistake. You?

@aaronpolitical,I don’t think it’s as black and white as oops vs jerk situation. It depends on the infraction. Probably, people not paying attention at a green light or missing a turn are more in the “oops” category. Things like cutting you off & tailgating are probably more in the “jerk” category, where “jerk” is (to borrow your terminology) a temporary award. People become very different when in a rush or cranky, and people just get plain nervous and sometimes selfish on the road in general.

@Leadman1989 2. Firstly, non-sequitar. Secondly, it was cultural, but it was considered only a mental disorder in the United States by the APA and the government, as opposed to merely the governments and not psychological bodies in other countries. In most other countries psychologists were at the forefront of gay liberation. Also, don’t bash Freud if you bring him up: he wrote a letter to a mother saying that her son’s homosexuality was entirely natural and could not be changed.

@niriop

No, you see things like “Attributions and Expectancies about People Living with HIV/AIDS: Implications for Stereotyping.” and “Religious Attributions in Cross-Cultural Comparison”. To me that’s valuable information but NOT “real” science.

Two questions.
1. Can you recommend (since you’re so knowledgeable) any SPECIFIC journal and study?
2. Homosexuality use to be considered a mental disorder and now it’s not what EVIDENCE did they have that it was and what has changed? Besides society

@MrJsebastian00

Facts ARE immutable and science looks to find the facts, irregardless of anyone’s interpretation.
“There is no information to say that homosexuality is not a mental disorder.”
1. That doesn’t answer my question or address my argument.
The social aspect has little to do with the neurological condition of an individual”
2. Can you clarify what you mean by this?
3. That’s another field of SCIENCE actual science

@Leadman1989 There are even those who state that Sociology and even Anthropology aren’t “real” sciences. Hey, everyone has an opinion. I suggest you dont think of science as a dichotomy of “truth” and “non-truth” because that state of mind tends to ignore too much.