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by mamon 2935 days ago
That our brains are more complex that hydrogen atom is a fact, but that does not invalidate scientific method. It simply means that we need much more time, more research, more data and more complex theories to understand brain than we need for an atom.

Psychology today reminds me the state of medicine before bacteria were discovered: we do some semi-magical rituals that sometimes work, but they do not produce predictable results, because we are yet to discover the real underlying mechanisms of human mind.

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I think if you dig in to many modern medical treatments, you'll find that the true reason they work is unknown (and in many cases, there is little evidence that they work at all).

Even in the hard science of physics, we we can understand the cause and effect, but the fundamentals of nuclear forces, gravity, magnetism are all a complete mystery.

But there's certainly hope that someday we'll be able to explain through physics how come we hope to explain hope and understanding through physics.