Maggie's Farm

A couple of interesting links. First, Dr. Helen asks "Is therapy the new 21st Century punishment?" It's a refreshing perspective. I cannot tell you how many badly-behaved and obnoxious kids are sent to therapists these days, partly because parents cannot give them a whuppin' anymore or they could end up in jail. The moral the kids learn, of course, is that there are no hard consequences for behavior.

Second, Overcoming Bias has Bind Yourself to Reality which is a follow-up to their Joy in the Merely Real. He says:

Partially, it's the crusade against Hollywood Rationality, the concept that understanding the rainbow subtracts its beauty.  The rainbow is still beautiful plus you get the beauty of physics.

and

It is a Hollywood Rationality meme that "Science takes the fun out of life." Science puts the fun back into life.

Getting as close as possible to reality is what shrinks think about all the time.