Talk:Henry Murray
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[edit] Unabomber: Ted Kaczynski
The connection to the Unabomber I have traced back to Chase and what Kaczynski told him - so I formulated that accordingly. I replaced the link with reference to the book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irmgard (talk • contribs)
[edit] CIA's head of the TSS Sidney Gottlieb
Regarding a connection between Murray and Gottlieb, I found only lots of third hand texts, most of them very similar and in one or other way conspiration theory-oriented, no real evidence, so I left this out. --Irmgard 10:09, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
- I agree we should take out the connection to Sidney Gottlieb until it can be firmly established. I will be searching for more reliable sources about this. --AI 20:45, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] What Relevance does the detailed discussion about Hitler and homosexuality have to do with understanding Murray?
While it is of potential interest to some, I fail to see how the third paragraph under career is necessary for an understanding of Henry Murray and his work. I think there should be more discussion about his need theory and press. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccxsen (talk • contribs)
[edit] NPOV and unabomber connection?
It seems to me that the experiments conducted at Harvard, said to have produced the Unabomber, have been minimised in this description of Murray. Barely a mention is given to the somewhat extreme nature of the experiments and the link to the Unabomber is presented as tenuous. I can only see one motivation for this and it represents a breach of NPOV.
- I concur. There's a whole book (controversial, true, but very notable) on this subject. Murray's mind-control/ego-destruction research was significant and ethically gray, even for the most stalwart cold warrior. A couple sentences on a topic of such obvious interest, and with such ample source material to draw from, looks suspiciously like somebody trying to protect Murray's legacy. —PopeFauveXXIII 02:34, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] TAT fallout
the TAT is no longer considered valid, so I will correct the statement that it is widely used by psychologists.
it is used by social workers and other less qualified personnel as an icebreaker, not a diagnostic tool, however, that may be only for the Rorschach, so I will yield to discussion. Llama (talk) 04:34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
