[WikiEN-l] Rorschach wars continue

Ken Arromdee arromdee at rahul.net
Sun Aug 2 16:18:03 UTC 2009


On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, Ray Saintonge wrote:
> >> So what if there have been tens of thousands of papers on the 
> >> Rorschachs!  The geocentric universe was impervious to criticism for 
> >> much longer.
> >> the incomes of those psychologists who are in denial about their game of 
> >> follow-the-leader.  NPOV is contrary to such occult practices.
> >>     
> > Oh...  and does this mean that if you were to be convinced that showing the
> > blots does cause harm, you would then support their removal?  Or is your
> > position more absolutist, and you don't really care about whether they
> > cause harm or not?
> The harm that they inflict on the self-esteem of psychologists is hardly 
> enough harm to justify such action.  Showing that something can cause 
> harm, is quite different than showing that it does.

That's a strange dodging of the question.

If you were convinced that showing the blots causes harm to potential
patients, rather than to psychologists' self-esteem, would you then support
the removal of the blots?




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