[nacker]

Great stuff, as usual, lutusp. The paradigmatic example is Kepler, who labored for years on models of the solar system based on the Platonic solids and "perfect" circular orbits.

The reason he is remembered as one of the founders of modern science is that he abandoned the aesthetic criterion in favor of the messier, uglier, facts.

[lutusp]

Good example! It was implicit in my argument, but it deserved to be stated explicitly, so thank you.

[nacker]

I'm sure you would enjoy these two Lew Rockwell interviews on the burgeoning soviet-style psychiatric regime in America:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/wp-content/uploa...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/wp-content/uploa...

Good luck with your anti-psychology campaign!