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To: Al Simmons
Making psychological pronouncements without seeing a patient in person -- often -- is the hallmark of a rank amateur in the field. I suspect you'll get no professional takers.
165 posted on 06/18/2006 5:18:53 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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To: Lazamataz

Making psychological pronouncements without seeing a patient in person -- often -- is the hallmark of a rank amateur in the field. I suspect you'll get no professional takers.
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Often enough. But far from always. Many of us enjoy armchair diagnosis realizing that it's inherently flawed. Some idiots even write books about the psychological profiles of Presidents current and past.

There need to be lots of grains of salt handy but it can be a worthwhile mental exercise--as long as one realizes it's inherently a flawed adventure.

Some things get highlighted for public discourse that way which would not get due attention otherwise.


192 posted on 06/18/2006 5:38:23 AM PDT by Quix (PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)
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