Hi kdag
I don't think you were trying to undermine my work. I've looked at the evidence... all of your posts... and so I would never jump to that conclusion based on "gut feel", "thin slicing" (Gladwell), System 1 (Kahneman), the peripheral route (Petty & Cacioppo) or intuition ;).
I was worried that what you said would (unintentionally) undermine it though, and so I just wanted to reiterate my perspective. I think it's fair that if there is going to be a critique of "my" assertions (these assertions are based on the research of social, cognitive, and neuroscientists) then this critique should be based on the evidence I've put forward in the PhD and the book. Since it's free, and since it speaks about rationality and intuition (and the things which impact both of these forms of thinking)... while at the same time revealing the horrors of LGATs... I would appreciate it if my book was recommended rather than the other ones?
If enough people read my book and watch those videos, LGATs will cease to exist. Malcolm Gladwell explains this quite well in an earlier book of his called 'The Tipping Point' (I think?) Getting people to look at this evidence will take the power away from these secretive seminars, so - if you would like to alert the public to the horrors of LGATs (which all of your prior posts suggest you would) then forward those YouTube links and forward my book.
It's free, and you can be sure that if I'd approached Landmark and asked for a payoff to not publish it, they would have been more than happy to pay it. I don't want money. I want the public to understand that by supporting these organisations in any way they are contributing to the manipulation and suffering of many people. I believe that when people understand this (and I include those who have supported these organisations for many years in this group), they will turn on LGATs very quickly. Most people are good ("The Cost of Conscience") and no one likes to have been taken advantage of. The evidence is available to anyone who wants to read it (or watch it) - we simply have to encourage people to have a look at it.
I don't think you were trying to undermine my work. I've looked at the evidence... all of your posts... and so I would never jump to that conclusion based on "gut feel", "thin slicing" (Gladwell), System 1 (Kahneman), the peripheral route (Petty & Cacioppo) or intuition ;).
I was worried that what you said would (unintentionally) undermine it though, and so I just wanted to reiterate my perspective. I think it's fair that if there is going to be a critique of "my" assertions (these assertions are based on the research of social, cognitive, and neuroscientists) then this critique should be based on the evidence I've put forward in the PhD and the book. Since it's free, and since it speaks about rationality and intuition (and the things which impact both of these forms of thinking)... while at the same time revealing the horrors of LGATs... I would appreciate it if my book was recommended rather than the other ones?
If enough people read my book and watch those videos, LGATs will cease to exist. Malcolm Gladwell explains this quite well in an earlier book of his called 'The Tipping Point' (I think?) Getting people to look at this evidence will take the power away from these secretive seminars, so - if you would like to alert the public to the horrors of LGATs (which all of your prior posts suggest you would) then forward those YouTube links and forward my book.
It's free, and you can be sure that if I'd approached Landmark and asked for a payoff to not publish it, they would have been more than happy to pay it. I don't want money. I want the public to understand that by supporting these organisations in any way they are contributing to the manipulation and suffering of many people. I believe that when people understand this (and I include those who have supported these organisations for many years in this group), they will turn on LGATs very quickly. Most people are good ("The Cost of Conscience") and no one likes to have been taken advantage of. The evidence is available to anyone who wants to read it (or watch it) - we simply have to encourage people to have a look at it.
