Re:How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”
by DavidSumpter on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:53PM
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I am the professor who translated the article from Swedish. I agree that anyone can be a scientist. But, as you Erikson neither has qualifications, nor does he show understanding and nor does he use the scientific method. So very poor all round.
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Re:How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”
by fastball on Thursday January 16, 2020 @01:35PM
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Oh, I agree. Erikson does not appear to be a scientist at all. But I think the criticism should be along the lines of "he was not using the scientific method or citing sources which used such in the writing of this book", not personal attacks of "he doesn't have a degree in behavioral science".
To illustrate my point, this article[0] paints a very dim view of the science used in the book "Why We Sleep". The author of the book is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley. Being in academia (even a professor at a prestigious school!) doesn't mean the book he wrote is de facto "scientific".
[0] https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-what-do-you-d...
Re:How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”
by ncmncm on Thursday January 16, 2020 @03:25PM
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At issue is whether the translated author's qualifications are any better. A professorship in psychology doesn't seem to take much understanding.
Does he really think depression is as delusory as redness?