A good report by Gary Craig

[Guest guest]

Maybe-ology: A new name for The Healing Sciences?

My training as a Stanford Engineer taught me to distrust the Healing

Sciences. In fact, they shouldn't be called sciences at all. Maybe-

ology is a much better name. Here are the reasons...

 

First, engineering is a " hard science " that relies on physical Laws

such as the Laws of Physics, Ohm's Law, the Law of Gravity and so

on. From these highly predictable Laws we reliably make bridges,

computers and automobiles. That's good. Kudos to Hard Science!

 

But the Healing Sciences are " soft sciences " where little, if

anything, is reliable. Drugs and surgeries, for example, don't

always work and, when they do, the relief varies from person to

person (sometimes with disastrous consequences). Would you drive

over a bridge that was constructed using this iffy science?

 

In addition, most psychotherapies (except EFT) often take forever to

get very little done and other healing methods tend to provide only

temporary relief. The end result of all this can be a long term,

expensive pursuit with unpredictable results.

 

To me, that's not science. Rather, it's a study in probablilties

and should be properly re-labeled as Maybe-ology. That way we won't

associate the healing sciences with the hard sciences and thus

expect more from them than is possible.

 

This is not a complaint, by the way. It's just a statement of what

is. Hard science and soft science are not really the same and the

labels should be changed so they are not confused. That's all.

 

EFT belongs in the soft science category, even though it is finally

bringing a degree of reliability to the field. It still doesn't

match up to the reliability of the Law of Gravity but it DOES create

results where only " maybe's " existed before.

 

Cheers, Gary

 

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