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To: ml1954
used to try to re-engineer society and human behavior

Try? I'd say they are having many successes.
276 posted on 01/18/2005 4:57:54 PM PST by visualops ("The charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost" (Rom., v, 5))
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To: visualops

sucessfully damaging it maybe


277 posted on 01/18/2005 5:12:04 PM PST by bobdsmith
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To: visualops

used to try to re-engineer society and human behavior

Try? I'd say they are having many successes.

As far as re-engineering society using psychological and sociological theories, if any change at all is the measure of success, you are right. But is a valid scientific theory permitted to have so many unintended consequences? ...and outright failures? So are these theories scientific?

As far as changing human nature, there are no successes, intended or otherwise. And IMHO, there won't be any.

278 posted on 01/18/2005 5:13:40 PM PST by ml1954
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