I mean, he can be the most important founding father of modern psychology and also have been wrong about everything he said. Letâs be real. Modern psychology is still very, very wrong about a lot of things. Itâs a science in its infancy. Alchemists were wrong about everything, but their work made chemistry possible. Standing on the shoulders of giants doesnât always mean those giants were right.
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Submitted âšâš6â© âšmonthsâ© agoâ© by âšDeykun@kbin.socialâ© to âšscience_memes@mander.xyzâ©
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yozul@beehaw.org âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Malgas@beehaw.org âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
See also: Herodotus is the father of history despite being an absolutely terrible historian by modern standards.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Freud is seriously the biggest hack in any field I can think of that went on to get such undeserved renowned.
kameecoding@lemmy.world âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Musk is mentioned in Star Trek as a genius of his timeâŠ
Legend@lemmy.sdf.org âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Another reason to not watch that show .
FiskFisk33@startrek.website âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
well, while his specific ideas are generally discredited, he did invent psychoanalysisâŠ
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Psychoanalysis is kinda stinky tho.
FatTony@lemmy.world âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Freud is seriously the biggest Fraud in any âŠ
Missed opportunity there.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
MFW they invent an Elektra complex to make it gender equal
She didnât even do that! She was trying to avenge her father! Why not name it after one of those girls from the old testament that drugged and raped their dad to get prego? Sounds a lot more like what a woman with a dangerous sexual fixation would do too.
JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Oedipus dit also cut his eyes out when he realised what he had done, soâŠ
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Thatâs what I never understood. Oedipus only fucked his mum because he didnât know who she really was. So, technically a motherfucker but it makes absolutely no sense as a psychology template (in my laymanâs eyes st least).
archonet@lemy.lol âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
donât you think more of your problems could be solved by the precise application of shitloads of cocaine?
gapedanus@lemmynsfw.com âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
The content of his studies was mostly false, but the concept of it was influential and groundbreaking. He initiated the process of moving the questions of the mind from the field of philosophy to the field of science aâd medicine⊠But he didnât achieve that process himself. His psychoanalysis wasnât science yet, but philosophy on its way to become science.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
That wasnât really Freudâs achievement though. There are many early psychologists who deserve credit for this much more than him, such as William James, Gustav Fechner, Wilhelm Wundt, Hermann Ebbinghaus, or (later) B. F. Skinner.
Freudâs work was mostly in the medical tradition, developed independently from the emerging psychological science of that time, and thatâs where his theories still have the largest impact.