Technomyopia: Also called “the technology knows more than I do” phenomenon. Just because a technology sounds impressive, said Tavris, doesn’t mean the science you can do with it is substantive. She cited an fMRI study on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in which the authors concluded that PTSD is a brain disease and concrete proof of human suffering. Tavris said, “If we can’t recognize human suffering without an fMRI, we are technomyopic indeed.
— How to Spot Pseudoneuroscience and Biobunk - Association for Psychological Science
