At 01:01 AM 11/14/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, DAP Louw (Sielkunde) wrote:
>>
>> Can anybody refer me to a good CRITICAL article or website on
>> Neuro-Linguistic Programming? I've read the other side but would
>> like to get a balanced view.
>>
>
>Well, this stuff is just one more in the great tradition
>of crackpot psychology (also known as psychoceramics), long on
>grandiose claims, short on believable theory or anything even
>vaguely resembling evidence.
>
>I've discovered a website at http://www.skepdic.com/neurolin.html
>(Skeptic's dictionary) which provides history and background to
>this whatever it is (system, therapy?) but the essay isn't nearly
>critical enough for my taste.
>
Also check out the site, "Science and Pseudoscience Review in Mental
Health," at:
http://www.pseudoscience.org/
Provides a good review of NLP and other crackpot therapies.
Bob
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