Posted by slugdoo on July 20, 2007, at 5:33:28
There is something that bothers me about the "professional" attitude when it comes to books written to help individuals. I encounter this with profs and T's themselves.
They seem to put down such books, even if they are written by psychologists. They say well these people are just making money off the work that researchers have done,and watering down the info, or not giving the complete info, etc.
Well I see their point, the official journals would be more accurate. But after trying to read many journals, I am thinking WTF.Sure one journal will tell you what one researchers found out, but to cover one subject, many journals would need to be read. Plus not all researchers are unbiased either.
So I think it is good to have layman's books since people are more likely to read them (self help) than journals. If it will help some, it is better than helping nobody. Readers do need to keep in mind what they are reading isn't the only answer to their problems, but that should be evident due to the many self help books out there.
I guess it just bothers me when profs put down books because they don't have 10 pages of references in the back. Even the books with all tee references in back, can be very much biased in the subject.
There can be books written by a lot of lemons, but there can also be lemon researchers. Oh, boy do my prof. love me. LOL
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