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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by umvi on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:21PM (#19427816)
I purposefully kept the comment vague to avoid a dumpster fire. Basically, there are certain mental health conditions whose classification/categorization/etc. seem especially vulnerable to politicking, and if you take a dissenting stance on those particular conditions, you'll be attacked by opponents who believe the DSM grants them scientific high ground.

You would know if it's happened to you.

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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by tlear on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:25AM (#19430535)
Try mentioning any of that and you summon a lynch mob. That area of science makes cargo culting in software development seem like math. Utter joke. That anyone takes it seriously or actually does anything based on it.. surgeons during Napoleonic wars had more clue as to what they were doing.
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