[lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Wed Jun 9 20:32:38 PDT 2010


Dennis Claxton wrote:
> At 07:39 PM 6/8/2010, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> And outside of analysis itself, don't you think learning about
> psychoanalysis helps further understanding of this world we're living
> in? I'm not a trained physicist, but I gain insight from reading
> Stephen Hawking. (btw, I think the distinction between psychology and
> psychoanalysis should be carefully maintained. It's psychoanalysis that
> is the more fruitful for shedding light on the specifically human).

For what it's worth, almost all research psychologists disagree with you. (To draw on your analogy: at least Hawking's pop-physics meanderings have some basis in empirically validated theoretical physics.)

Miles



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