04-02-2010, 07:29 PM
As an addendum, I think one of the things we all have to do and understand in our work is to be sure to separate out
#1) the media-driven cultural milieu, the Wurlitzer-driven mindset that has been created and is alive in the greater population, as a social psychology or cultural background;
#2) the pathology alive and well in that background, be it sociopathy or psychopathology or both, that is present in many places and ways;
[That they overlap is a given. Being a eugenicist and a war-monger or first-strike advocate or a criminal assassin are all examples of some type of pathology.
#3) The evidence, the chain of evidence, and critical thinking;
#4) Meta-analysis.
#1) the media-driven cultural milieu, the Wurlitzer-driven mindset that has been created and is alive in the greater population, as a social psychology or cultural background;
#2) the pathology alive and well in that background, be it sociopathy or psychopathology or both, that is present in many places and ways;
[That they overlap is a given. Being a eugenicist and a war-monger or first-strike advocate or a criminal assassin are all examples of some type of pathology.
#3) The evidence, the chain of evidence, and critical thinking;
#4) Meta-analysis.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"