Girl Achromatism

Lack of evidence is not evidence. Just because we do not currently have the knowledge or technology to determine our neurological or genetic behavioral predispositions doesn't mean that we don't have them. You can't talk or medicate your eyes into changing their color any more than you can talk or medicate your brain in to behaving differently. Animals (such as man) evolved into social groups as a defense mechanism just as porcupines evolved their quills. Those who were genetically predisposed to empathy and cooperation were embraced by the group and survived to reproduce and pass the trait on to their offspring. Those who were not, were shunned by the group, outcast, and perished. Neuroscience will one day provide scientific tests which will be able to determine definitive causes. Tests which will be measurable and repeatable. Psychology can make no such claim. Psychology will share a spot in history with Alchemy: A stepping stone on the path to actual science, but NOT an actual science itself.

I have always believed that for something to be science, it must use the scientific method. The thing about psychology is that it is considered a medical science. Psychologists diagnose and treat patients. However, they DO NOT use the scientific method to diagnose and treat patients, thus it is not a science. There are no definitive tests for any mental illnesses. You can't see crazy on an x-ray or find it in a blood test. A person who suffers from mental illness can see 10 different psychologists and get anywhere from 5-15 different diagnosis. If there were a test for mental illness that could be repeated by others in the same field with the same results, THEN and only then would that be science. In my humble opinion psychology will fall the way of alchemy. Sure alchemy had it's place in the past. It was part science, part chemistry and part hocus-pocus. The same thing could be said about psychology. Advances in neuroscience will replace psychology all together. When you can look at the brain and pinpoint the exact cause of the problem, just like you can look at an x-ray of your leg to see if the bone is broken, then there will finally be some relief for people who suffer from mental illness. THEN it will be science.