to me, after postmodernism, the "on the ground" application of psychology (what normal people think and experience) never really knew how to reconcile itself with radical subjectivity: the highlighting of the fact that everyone has their own viewpoint and subjective experience.

i think, on the ground level, even if it's technically incorrect, this fits the vibe of early psychology. here's a general psychological profile, here's the pieces of the mind, here's why people do certain things, here's the method for changing behaviors, i can do it, and so on.

the modernist world was perfect for the development of psychology, and that's largely when it happened. the mind is just another thing, and we can understand it. it will adhere to some methodology - that basically means: if we do X, Y will reliably happen. we can discover that. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f8234588ce0d1653fceb02564d844372ba4890631f0b1ce9431a1422ab8da7d3.file

these are two entirely different modes of being. despite their immediate proximity in history, they could not be more different. in one, we're just about to totally understand everything. in the other, trying to objectively understand everything is the stupidest quest possible. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/152f7efb2aa95980acf3a6c470c834b75f750c20be27540f7a5fed25d54261c2.file

3. you have no basis for doing this. you don't have a perfect bird's eye view of this tower you're building. you're on the ground, with me. we both only have one vantage point, yours isnt "correct". we're all going to disagree on how to build it, and there's no boss to appeal to

2. you can't take yourself out of the equation. you're imagining that this completed puzzle of human knowledge will be this great objective thing that anyone can come to and consult, but it doesn't work that way. each puzzle piece was totally affected by the person who made it.

1. all these knowledge fields that you're advancing and developing aren't coming closer together, they're breaking further apart. you're imagining a world where every field of knowledge is growing into huge perfect puzzle pieces that will all fit together. that isn't happening.