11-16-2005, 04:35 AM
Jeunemaitre,Nov 16 2005, 07:59 AM Wrote:As someone with a degree in psychology, who currently works in economic research, I'll grant you that psychologists and economists are on the same level, but I have to object to the grouping with astrologers. Yes, you can misuse much of what is determined from psychologic or economic studies, but when you look at the specific setting from which the results are derived, you can generally point out what people are getting wrong. With astrologers, you can't help but point at everything as being wrong.
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As above, I'm not arguing the model is wrong, just the blatant application of the model to the real world. Hence my inclusion of astrologers, they claim their (simple) system applies to the (complex) real world just like (none,some,most,all?) economists/psychologists.
Maybe I should conduct an experiment, and get some psychologists and some astrologers to predict how some particular couple will get on, and see what the results are.... meh, too much work, I think I'll stick to making wild, unfounded, generalisations :P