The snopes "urban legends" website has an account of the whole Buzan/Slater fru-fru, and was last updated 18 March 2004 to include the following:
====Copy/Paste from http://www.snopes.com/science/skinner.asp ========= Although some of the information presented in Slater's book was indicated as being legend or rumor, Deborah Buzan felt that Slater inaccurately mischaracterized her father as a scientist who used her to "prove his theories" by putting her into a "laboratory box", and that Slater "seriously libeled" her in claiming: "I did not come across any data that could convince me of [Deborah Skinner's] mental status." Ms. Buzan responded: ". . . it's not true. My father did nothing of the sort. The plain reality is that Lauren Slater never bothered to check the truth of [these rumors] (although she claims to have tried to track me down). Instead, she chose to do me and my family a disservice and, at the same time, to debase the intellectual history of psychology." =====End of copy/paste===== I don't know the origin of this quotation, but it seems to address Allen Esterson's question. Michael Renner ------------------------------------------------- Michael J. Renner Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Nazareth College 4245 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618 http://www.naz.edu/dept/cas/index.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1.585.389.2391 Fax: +1.585.389.2392 ------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
