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Originally Posted by xepherys
I feel that you are missing my point. When a patient has an issue with depression, there are many possible medications that may or may not work. The Psychiatrist listens to the patient, makes some decisions and prescribes what they see as the best possible medication. It may or may not work.
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The flipside: "A doctor listens to the patient, makes some decisions and prescribes what they see as the best possible medication. It may or may not work."
Can you demonstrate that psychology and psychiatry have a lower success rate? Is that even a fair comparison?
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Originally Posted by xepherys
An engineer needs to build an aqueduct. He looks at the site and materials available, draws up plans, and then builds it. It works. Let's take it up to a modern serious engineering task. Skyscrapers. There is no room for failure in the construction of a skyscraper. But once plans are drawn up and construction begins and then ends, it has to ALREADY work. They can't look at it a few months after completion and say, "I don't think this grade of steel is working for these support beams. Next week we'll remove them and put some stronger alloy beams in their place."
The physics, the chemistry and the engineering all have to basically take place preemptively to the task, and be dead accurate the first time around before construction begins. The psychiatrist makes an educated guess, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't, they make another guess. Do you see the difference?
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There is no difference. The engineer makes guesses based on the science and precedent just like the psychologist.
Can you demonstrate that psychology and psychiatry have a lower success rate?