I think this speaks to the power of the internet in creating cults, and "brainwashing" individuals via echochambers. And then the question is how to "deprogram" ? How does one change such a whole-life viewpoint? How does evil take hold of seemingly reasonable people?
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 921210 tay...@sandiego.edu On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:00 PM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> wrote: > > Subject: Things That Make You Say "WTF!?" > From: Michael Palij <m...@nyu.edu> > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 21:51:21 -0400 > > I am at a loss for words. See: > http://gothamist.com/2018/07/27/white_supremacist_doctor_apologizes.php > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Things That Make You Say "WTF!?" > From: Christopher Green <chri...@yorku.ca> > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:15:43 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > I don’t believe a word of his retraction. This wasn’t a drunken, impulsive > outburst, but an ongoing commentary. I can only assume that he was told his > only hope for keeping his job was a total retraction and abject public > apology. Be on the lookout for future reversions to form. > > Chris > ........................................... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > chri...@yorku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52622 or send a blank email to leave-52622-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
