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John Mack sells books as a priority.

“The question of physical evidence”

“Finally-and important for me to underscore as a clinician-in speaking to the experiencers in a manner that accepts the emotional truthfulness of their reports, I am not taking a position that validates the literal occurrence of these experiences in our physical reality; good clinical practice, especially in cases of traumatized individuals, must follow different guidelines than “objective” scientific investigation.” ~ John Mack M.D.

http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc11.htm

John Mack's been dead for years and, regarding his books, you have no earthly idea whether they were a priority to him or not. Pure ridiculous speculation. BTW, there's never been any "public" accusation that Mack was behaving in anything other than a completely professional manner (and there were plenty of other accusations).

In fact, Harvard and the Medical School threatened to revoke Mack's tenure over his work with abductees and, after extensive examination and investigation, it was found that he had behaved in accordance with the highest professional standards as both a psychiatrist and tenured professor. Your speculation is rank schoolgirl gossip compared to attacks by Harvard Medical against Mack...yet Harvard failed miserably

And the Mack quote you provided did not address the issue of whether or not his patients were seeking attention (actually he concluded that they were not).

As a clinician, Mack is not validating the "realness" of his patient's experiences (i.e., that they actually occurred). He's just confirming that they BELIEVED they were having such experiences. He's a psychiatrist after all.

All this said, your original claim--once again pure speculation with nothing to back it up--is still nonsense. Your speculation cheapens the many well-thought-out comments on this forum.

“...“Finally-and important for me to underscore as a clinician-in speaking to the experiencers in a manner that accepts the emotional truthfulness of their reports, I am not taking a position that validates the literal occurrence of these experiences in our physical reality; good clinical practice, especially in cases of traumatized individuals, must follow different guidelines than “objective” scientific investigation.” ~ John Mack M.D.
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“... accepts the emotional truthfulness ... “ - This is at the same level, of scientific validation as the transgenders use. It’s all about ‘feelings’!