alt Hacker NewsI think its interesting that in the "rationalist" latter half of the 20th century Freud began to be dismissed at least in part on account of his elective affinity with Lamarck; now, it is clear that certain environmental and social factors have an influence on offspring at the genomic level from both parents.
Freud was not a scientist, he was a great artist. It is not clear whether any of his patients got better after Freud's treatment.