She currently teaches at Boston University. She is a prolific author with a number of books and articles to her credit. Her dog and cat were welcome participants in this conversation. The problem is that psychology as a scientific discipline is in its infancy, according to experimental psychologist Margaret Hagen. However, this is much more than a squabble in the Ivory Tower.
Psychology plays a major role in America s courtrooms.
That dramatically elevates the importance of what s science. America has over a million psychological clinicians from psychiatrists to counselors and the psycho-expert industry makes over a billion dollars a year as expert witnesses at all levels of our courts. Professor Hagen makes a powerful case for the fraud of psychiatric testimony and the rape of American justice. Having a paid friend is fine according to Professor Hagen, but don t confuse insight therapy with science. Science is based on hypothesis testing, independence from the scientist, believing things are true only when proven to be true, and on clear and consistent definitions.