Leaving the past behind: what became of the anal personality?
- Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
In theory, bad scientific ideas are abandoned and replaced by better ones. We no longer believe living things are animated by a vital force or that combustible matter contains phlogiston. We don’t believe the bumps on our skulls reveal our strengths and weaknesses or that disease is caused by foul air.
Sometimes, though, ideas are abandoned...
