Science is Not Relative :The Scientist [6/6/2005]

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by Richard Gallagher Editor

Science is Not Relative

Email: Richard Gallagher - rgallagher@the-scientist.com
The Scientist 2005, 19(11):6

In a recent essay bemoaning the loss of psychology in favor of what he considers an overly biologically deterministic psychiatry, Richard C. Morias, a senior editor at Forbes, confesses a "vague suspicion" that "21st century America is ... suffering from an unhealthy obsession with science and technology."[1] Certainly, it's difficult to escape from coverage of these issues. Morias' is an intriguing and provocative thesis, but sadly, his claimed obsession is just a loud idle burbling rather than a true understanding of the science.


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