From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Sat Aug 17 2002 - 02:00:56 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
>
>
[snip]
>Alex who probably (it seems) think that either everything
>is an experiment, more or less,
>
True
> or who advocate techniques of
>provocation.
>
Not true
>
>Mike, for example, writes
>
>[snip]
>
>>Even on this highly intellectual list it's clear to me that some people
>>have very visible, easy-to-use buttons on them that will elicit highly
>>predictable, almost automatic responses when pressed. So I don't apologize or
>>think it's bad if I start 'experimenting' on folks by pushing such buttons
>>in various combinations and sequences.
>>
>>I have found such button-pressing to be especially useful on this list since
>>(imho) there is little *acknowledged* interest (from the group as a whole) on
>>introspection and (to an extent) on developing new models of cognition. One
>>can argue this, and I would welcome such debate.
>>
Only if it changes anything and / or helps people grow. How competent
are you at judging when to push which buttons so that the result is
beneficial, rather than deleterious, to others? You can judge how good
you are by looking honestly at your results; how many people are a bit
smarter now because of a button you pushed? How much smarter are you? If
you really are _that_ good a psychologist then I'd say you have the
right to do this, because you are competent and you have the ability. If
you're not, or you're not sure...or if people are reacting badly and
feeling worse instead of better then I'd beware the trap of starting out
hoping to develop new models of cognition and ending up poking animals
with sticks to get them to make a noise.
If you want to roll a thread on introspection or cognition then go
ahead, sounds interesting.
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