The fact that you felt the need to compare the points you made with knowing the composition of water just demonstrates the need for citations. If these points about psychology were actually as commonly known as the composition of water then you wouldn’t need an analogy- you would just sarcastically remark “A citation? Really?”.
Maybe if psychology was required in high school and earlier the way chemistry is we would all know this already. As it stands, at least 3-4 of us didn’t realize that these points are widely known and non-controversial (and have taken the time to say so) so I think there is good reason to think that these points aren’t known by non-psychologists the way certain chemical compositions are by non-chemists.
If these points about psychology were actually as commonly known as the composition of water then you wouldn’t need an analogy- you would just sarcastically remark “A citation? Really?”.
Nope, ’cause you people know virtually nothing about psychology. Which is why I so frequently see statements of boggling ignorance made here about how and why human minds do stuff.
If a person wants citations to support a statement about the composition of water, my reaction is to tell them to go find a schoolchild and ask them about chemistry. Or pick up a brightly-colored children’s book about science and learn something. Maybe watch a little 3-2-1 Contact or Bill Nye.
The fact that you felt the need to compare the points you made with knowing the composition of water just demonstrates the need for citations. If these points about psychology were actually as commonly known as the composition of water then you wouldn’t need an analogy- you would just sarcastically remark “A citation? Really?”.
Maybe if psychology was required in high school and earlier the way chemistry is we would all know this already. As it stands, at least 3-4 of us didn’t realize that these points are widely known and non-controversial (and have taken the time to say so) so I think there is good reason to think that these points aren’t known by non-psychologists the way certain chemical compositions are by non-chemists.
Nope, ’cause you people know virtually nothing about psychology. Which is why I so frequently see statements of boggling ignorance made here about how and why human minds do stuff.
If a person wants citations to support a statement about the composition of water, my reaction is to tell them to go find a schoolchild and ask them about chemistry. Or pick up a brightly-colored children’s book about science and learn something. Maybe watch a little 3-2-1 Contact or Bill Nye.