From: steve (steve365@btinternet.com)
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 09:24:49 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin@tsoft.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:19 AM
Subject: RE: proles with high self esteem
> Spike writes
>
> > I have been pondering something that is related to this
> > thread. We know of cases where a notion gets deeply
> > embedded in the psyche of a society that can profoundly
> > affect the character of that society. Even if the actual meme
> > is false, its spread can have a deep impact.
>
> > A notion which has become very widely accepted by
> > western society is that people who fail at life seem to share
> > the characteristic of low self esteem.
>
> A *recent* study, I believe, found the self esteem
> of juvenile delinquents to be too *high*. Has anyone
> else heard this?
I think it could be "Self-Esteem" by Nicholas Emler (Joseph Rowntree
Foundation. He's at the LSE. This study came out about nine months ago and
got quite a lot of attention over here.
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