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		rusk on July 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Must-read psychology books No it’s not and this comparison is facetious. Nobody practices alchemy as a mainstream science in 2021. There are plenty of people doing astrology for instance but in a clinical setting? In funded university programs? Producing papers that can be openly challenged? I don’t think so. Again facetious.

luffapi on July 12, 2021 [–]

That’s not a meaningful metric. Plenty of people doing astrology in 2021. That doesn’t make it real.

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