tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post394027120937507241..comments2024-02-11T18:16:53.445-08:00Comments on Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Epigenetics and Primal Therapy: The Cure for Neurosis (Part 1/20)Arthur Janovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16709863014923629409noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-41846123511737384682016-01-20T23:16:51.206-08:002016-01-20T23:16:51.206-08:00Few, very few people have any inkling as to what t...Few, very few people have any inkling as to what the scientific method is. It is of course a way of discovering and verifying truth. It has very specific tenets that must be met. Few researchers have bothered to study the Philosophy of Science. One might wonder what their actual motivations are in asserting scientific work was actually done. Art has endeavored to apply scientific methodology to an amorphous or soft body of knowledge thus ascertaining the veracity and truth of his discoveries. That alone is laudable. That alone speaks to the integrity of the man.Barry Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-75845891332314717172016-01-20T23:07:44.696-08:002016-01-20T23:07:44.696-08:00Few...very few...very very few..individuals have a...Few...very few...very very few..individuals have any inkling of the tenets of Science as a method of securing truth..Knowledge..what makes things tick. Few...very few...researchers have every bothered to study the Philosophy of Science. It is lamentable. Fortunately, there are some REAL SCIENTISTS. People who are fascinated with knowing what is genuine and what is not. One can only salute Art in his endeavor<br /> to apply Scientific Experimental Methodology to a soft or amorphous body of knowledge. That in itself is laudable.Barry Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-66891381643533534832015-10-22T06:32:01.662-07:002015-10-22T06:32:01.662-07:00Kip, you should have let me know so we could have ...Kip, you should have let me know so we could have chatted. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-79698093391232488922015-10-21T20:45:18.745-07:002015-10-21T20:45:18.745-07:00Art,
I had the honor of meeting you and France las...Art,<br />I had the honor of meeting you and France last Saturday at the Renaissance before your reunion. I was so mesmerized by the moment I neglected to congratulate you on the award you were about to receive and to let you know how much I was looking forward to your posting this article. So a belated congrats!, and thanks so much for sharing this with us. Really looking forward to reading more. Kip<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-42115497033178807262015-10-20T09:26:21.758-07:002015-10-20T09:26:21.758-07:00Thanks Gary. artThanks Gary. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-81624079303729772302015-10-20T03:24:37.145-07:002015-10-20T03:24:37.145-07:00Art. And there are a lot like you.More than most p...Art. And there are a lot like you.More than most people are aware of. <br />Congratulations on presenting complex, and to many minds alien, phenomema in an easy to understand and enjoyable form. If they don´t "get" this, it won´t be your fault. GaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-89753560130698727202015-10-19T11:18:04.548-07:002015-10-19T11:18:04.548-07:00And my answer: well thank you. what I have always...And my answer: well thank you. what I have always tried to do is make this a better and healthier world for all of us. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-39376810488465775212015-10-19T11:17:27.724-07:002015-10-19T11:17:27.724-07:00An email comment: "You don't like being a...An email comment: "<em>You don't like being a hero and want to be just friends with people. I still think you are a hero. :)</em>"Arthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-39813711370718648912015-10-18T10:20:12.971-07:002015-10-18T10:20:12.971-07:00Anonymous: Not over for many people’s minds. art...Anonymous: Not over for many people’s minds. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-22389446858972403812015-10-18T03:22:54.409-07:002015-10-18T03:22:54.409-07:00Hi All,
given the 'fundamental nature' of...Hi All,<br /><br />given the 'fundamental nature' of Primal Theory, nothing seems 'off topic' anymore. Here's an excerpt from the UK Guardian Report on the incredible inaccuracy of most psychology research and experimentation:<br /><br />-"The study, which saw 270 scientists repeat experiments on five continents, was launched by psychologists in the US in response to rising concerns over the reliability of psychology research.<br />The first imperative: Science that isn’t transparent isn’t science.<br /><br />“There is no doubt that I would have loved for the effects to be more reproducible,” said Brian Nosek, a professor of psychology who led the study at the University of Virgina. “I am disappointed, in the sense that I think we can do better.”<br /><br />“The key caution that an average reader should take away is any one study is not going to be the last word,” he added. “Science is a process of uncertainty reduction, and no one study is almost ever a definitive result on its own.”<br /><br />All of the experiments the scientists repeated appeared in top ranking journals in 2008 and fell into two broad categories, namely cognitive and social psychology. Cognitive psychology is concerned with basic operations of the mind, and studies tend to look at areas such as perception, attention and memory. Social psychology looks at more social issues, such as self esteem, identity, prejudice and how people interact.<br /><br />In the investigation, a whopping 75% of the social psychology experiments were not replicated, meaning that the originally reported findings vanished when other scientists repeated the experiments. Half of the cognitive psychology studies failed the same test. Details are published in the journal Science.<br /><br />Even when scientists could replicate original findings, the sizes of the effects they found were on average half as big as reported first time around. That could be due to scientists leaving out data that undermined their hypotheses, and by journals accepting only the strongest claims for publication.<br /><br />Despite the grim findings, Nosek said the results presented an opportunity to understand and fix the problem. “Scepticism is a core part of science and we need to embrace it. If the evidence is tentative, you should be sceptical of your evidence. We should be our own worst critics,” he told the Guardian. One initiative now underway calls for psychologists to submit their research questions and proposed methods to probe them for review before they start their experiments.<br /><br />John Ioannidis, professor of health research and policy at Stanford University, said the study was impressive and that its results had been eagerly awaited by the scientific community. “Sadly, the picture it paints - a 64% failure rate even among papers published in the best journals in the field - is not very nice about the current status of psychological science in general, and for fields like social psychology it is just devastating,” he said.<br /><br />But he urged people to focus on the positives. The results, he hopes, will improve research practices in psychology and across the sciences more generally, where similar problems of reproducibility have been found before. In 2005, Ioannidis published a seminal study that explained why most published research findings are false.<br /><br />Marcus Munafo, a co-author on the study and professor of psychology at Bristol University, said: “I think it’s a problem across the board, because wherever people have looked, they have found similar issues.” In 2013, he published a report with Ioannidis that found serious statistical weaknesses were common in neuroscience studies.<br /><br />Very topical methinks. . .<br /><br />Paul G.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-30407726021657955712015-10-17T16:41:30.295-07:002015-10-17T16:41:30.295-07:00In the seventies I was bombarded by concentration ...In the seventies I was bombarded by concentration camps on tv, why my parents were still living in a war that was already over for 30 years or so. What to think of bodies shoved away like pieces of garbage and show this stuff to your children, I have never understand this. WWII was over and everyone should understand that is was over. period. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com