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Typings just work out that way.
Why does Dark not effect Psychic at all? It just works out that way.
-Bugs bother you, so they interfere with Psychic's concentration.
Well, since maybe gen II Psychic's been weak against ghost (IMO it could and probably should work both ways or the other way. A ghost could possess a medium, but a ghost can be exorcised by a psychic), but I hadn't even thought about bugs liking darkness, that's true.-Bugs like the dark and shade and stuff.
But most of all, those two needed a second weakness.
Actually, Psychic's weaknesses are all based on common fears. People are afraid of bugs, ghosts, and the dark, so that is why.-Bugs bother you, so they interfere with Psychic's concentration.
That's what I figured as well. If nothing else, it gives it some kind of reason other than it just being arbitrary for the sake of game mechanics.
Dark's strengths and weaknesses are dodgy no matter how you try to work it out. "Dark" being such an abstract concept, not a "physical" thing with obvious weaknesses like the Fire or Grass types. The same could be said for the Dragon type, really.
Hell, if you wanted to get really logical, it should be weak to Fire if anything, it being a light source and all...
It evens out the metagame
I think Bugs are strong agaisnt Psychic because their brains are not wired like the ones of other Pokémon- Bugs probably have a hivemind of sorts that the Psychic can't screw with.