AI Cannot Replicate Human Empathy
March 5, 2026
An 18‑month ethnographic study of AI therapy simulations exposes profound ethical breaches and systemic underperformance, underscoring that genuine human empathy cannot be reduced to mere syntax.
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Psychotherapy Is Useless
August 3, 2021
For treating borderline personality disorder, doing nothing is cheaper than paying a psychotherapist and likely to be just as successful.
Evolutionary Models Are Unreliable
August 3, 2019
Evolutionists find that models and assumptions in which they placed their trust are unreliable and unscientific.
Scientists Can Be Inept Philosophers
August 2, 2016
An undergrad philosopher could make mince meat out of some scientists' claims.
Psychiatry Ascribes Empty Names to Clusters of Symptoms
February 23, 2016
Schizophrenia doesn't exist. People exist with various behaviors, but schizophrenia is an empty label, an expert says.
Psychotherapy Effectiveness Exaggerated
October 4, 2015
It's depressing that psychotherapy inflates its effectiveness in treating depression.
Psychology Struggling to Regain Scientific Image
May 22, 2014
In the wake of scandals and replication failures, psychiatry and social psychology are enduring scrutiny some practitioners call an "inquisition" or "bullying".
Psychotherapy Has a Shrink
August 27, 2013
For better or worse, the practice of psychotherapy is shrinking, reports say.
Psychotherapy: Needs Reboot? or Just Boot?
September 14, 2011
The word “reboot” assumes a prior boot. You can’t reboot something that never booted up in the first place. The American Psychological Association is calling for “rebooting psychotherapy.” Is it even booted up? The press release begins with an admission that questions whether psychotherapy ever got powered on.