If The Truth Contradicts Deeply Held Beliefs,

If The Truth Contradicts Deeply Held Beliefs, That Is Too Bad.

They Show That Roughly Two-thirds Of A Group Of Neurotic Patients Will Recover Or Improve To A Marked Extent Within About Two Years Of The Onset Of Their Illness, Whether They Are Treated By Means Of Psychotherapy Or Not.

There Thus Appears To Be An Inverse Correlation Between Recovery And Psychotherapy; The More Psychotherapy, The Smaller The Recovery Rate.

Scientists, Especially When They Leave The Particular Field In Which They Are Specialized, Are Just As Ordinary, Pig-headed, And Unreasonable As Everybody Else, And Their Unusually High Intelligence Only Makes Their Prejudices All The More Dangerous.

It Is Generally Agreed By Philosophers Of Science That Important Contributions Which Have A Revolutionary Impact On Science Are Often Methodologically Inadequate, Reveal Many Anomalies, And May Indeed Be Factually Erroneous.