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		Study shows psychotherapy becoming less effective (asserttrue.blogspot.com)
		6 points by techdog on July 2, 2015 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

dpc_pw on July 2, 2015 | [–]

R. P. Feynman on social sciences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaO69CF5mbY

Psychology, economics, climatology. World is literally run by "almost-sciences" claiming to have an authority of "full-science".

vannevar on July 2, 2015 | [–]

Seems like a classic case of the Decline Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_effect).

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