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There is nothing scientific about psychology. There can be no science where everything is subjective.


Pain is entirely subjective, but we are pretty sure it exists, and there is a lot of science around pain management.


Until you have an objective way of measuring pain in a subject it’s not truly scientific. Hence the endless stream of opioid users lying at the hospital to get their fix.




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