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The problem of the effectiveness of psychotherapy has to be considered in the broad context of the agonizingly slow shift from common sense to science. The famous physicist Eddington used to give the example of the two tables: the one common sense recognizes—solid, having weight, reflecting light, with a flat surface and sturdy legs; the other as seen by science, constituted of empty space in which innumerable molecules dance their gavotte, electrons spinning around nuclei in never-ending circles. Common sense has told us much about physics, and we could not exist without that knowledge. We walk, run, and jump by keeping at bay the forces of gravity. We throw spears, shoot arrows, kick footballs, smash tennis balls with great accuracy, taking into account wind strength and direction, air pressure, and many other physical variables. We build igloos and tipis, we construct temples and palaces, all without the guidance of science. Even animals cope with nature most successfully; tigers jump, gazelles flee, monkeys climb— they all go their way by learning in the hard school of life.
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Eysenck, H.J. (1993). Forty Years On. In: Giles, T.R. (eds) Handbook of Effective Psychotherapy. The Plenum Behavior Therapy Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2914-9_1
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