I don't know if anybody here watches the TV series "New Amsterdam" - it only started a couple weeks ago and it's on Fox (*shudder*) here in the US. It's essentially a show about an NYPD detective that happens to be immortal and centuries old.
Anyway, I was very proud of last night's episode. The murder victim in that episode was a former practitioner of Recovered Memory Therapy who had realized she was actually causing False Memory Syndrome in her patients. It is repeated throughout the episode that RMT is woo, and that it's easy for someone to accidentally implant false memories in people (the main character actually does this during an interrogation, and realizes it later).
In general, I'd just like to give some props to the writers/producers/etc. for the show, tackling what can be a sensitive issue and exposing these woo-woo practitioners for what they are - (usually well-meaning and accidental) charlatans.
Anyway, I was very proud of last night's episode. The murder victim in that episode was a former practitioner of Recovered Memory Therapy who had realized she was actually causing False Memory Syndrome in her patients. It is repeated throughout the episode that RMT is woo, and that it's easy for someone to accidentally implant false memories in people (the main character actually does this during an interrogation, and realizes it later).
In general, I'd just like to give some props to the writers/producers/etc. for the show, tackling what can be a sensitive issue and exposing these woo-woo practitioners for what they are - (usually well-meaning and accidental) charlatans.
