psychoceramics: Structural Model Of Personality

[petehip @ cogsci.ed.ac.uk]

[Starts off looking pretty rational, then goes into a mega-rant about
funding for scientists, then goes further and further off the rails as
we proceed, "proving" some pretty exciting religious truths. BTW, is
there a psychoceramics archive?]. 

p--@u--.ccsnet.com writes in
sci.psychology.theory,comp.ai.philosophy:

>GEORGE HAMMOND    email  p--@u--.ccsnet.com
>
>
>March 16, 1996
>
>Dear Tyler Best:
>
>  On March 14 you wrote in response to the statement "the
>shortest distance between two points is a straight line" the
>statement"
>
>"...the shortest distance between two points in a curved universe
>such as the one we live in, is not a straight line but a curved
>one.  Therefore while this may be an established idea it is not
>the truth."
>
>  Well, I'm beginning to appreciate the attitude of people like
>you, but let me show you what you're up against if you are eager
>to challenge established science:  In generalized geometry a
>"straight line" is defined as a "geodesic" (a coordinate axis, or
>a line parallel to a coordinate axis) in the space.  This is
>identical with the term "line of sight" in any space relating to
>physical reality (e.g. Cartesian, Riemannian, Euclidian spaces).
>  It is AXIOMATICALLY true (irregardless of whether the space is
>"flat" or "curved") that a "straight line", so defined, is the
>shortest distance between two points.  Therefore, your statement
>that: "while this may be an established idea it is not the truth"
>would be cut to ribbons in a general scientific court as a
>"trivial snap at the monumental edifice of established science".
>  Now, having said that, let me state here for the record, that I
>am in complete sympathy with your mistrust and obvious
>frustration at established science.  That the current
>establishment is preventing dedicated, energetic and able people
>from obtaining jobs and funding, while the field is riddled with
>effete or swaggering braggarts of little dedication or
>achievement and even less motivation, desperation or vision is
>plainly apparent.  Look at the results, the space shuttle blows
>up, the Hubble telescope mirror is ground to the wrong curve (a
>billion dollar mistake), 2 billion is wasted on a cancelled Texas
>Super Collider, every half baked theoretical idea (string theory,
>black hole cosmology etc. etc.) is filling the email, Fax
>machines and journals, while the human population staggers under
>the burden of an impending energy crisis, population explosion
>and ecological nightmare.  I have never liked activism, but I am
>being forced to it, and I am beginning to understand the attitude
>of people like you and many others.  In fact, I'm afraid that I
>am being de facto forced to take an adversary stance to
>established science myself.
>  Now, you're not going to believe this, but, I would like to
>propose a plan, a revolutionary plan for scientific psychology. 
>The situation is desperate and I'm now proposing a desperate
>plan. I'm  proposing that we literally storm the palace of
>established science!
>  What am I talking about?  I'm talking about jobs and funding-
>money for psychology research programs, better pay, new
>buildings, decent salaries for thousands or researchers in
>psychology.  Why should "Big Physics" be squandering billions on
>failed telescopes and abandoned super colliders when psychology
>lives on welfare.  This, when the problem clearly is no longer
>outer space- its inner space!  Why should a guy like Hemp
>(L.K.Hempfling see ENTICY1 posting) be spending his last dime to
>keep a psychology research company running, with his Internet
>account overdue, the phone about to be shut off and the rented
>computer repossed.. when thousands of government and university
>offices have billions of dollars worth of this stuff being used
>to send chit chat back and forth all over the world.  a serious
>scientist deprived of basic necessities.  Why should I be living
>on a welfare check in a homeless shelter discovering the long
>lost Structural Model of Personality while mindless people living
>on billion dollar NIH grants drive by me in 20,000 automobiles
>talking to their girlfriends on cellular telephones.  Give me a
>break!!!!
>  O.K., whats the plan.  Well, the plan is that you have to beat
>them at their own game, and I ("we") have done it.  Living for 15
>years on welfare and working 16 hours a day, I've discovered the
>theoretical physics key to the Structural Model.  Oh, its real
>alright- I've published it in the refereed international
>literature and even been invited by the chairman of the committee
>on foreign relations for the APA to speak for 30 minutes at the
>XXVIth International Congress of Psychology in Montreal this
>July.  But they don't really know what it is, and I'm not even
>convinced that they care.
>  Oxford University had me thrown off the NEUROPSYCH discussion
>group after I told one of their Oxford Dons he wasn't qualified
>to criticize the theory (which he isn't).  21 journals turned the
>discovery down, including Hans Eysenck himself, before I got it
>published.  The thing is- they are not desperate or ambitious
>enough to WANT to find the Structural Model, that's why they
>can't believe its been found.  But let me tell, there are several
>billion OTHER people that are desperate and ambitious and want
>the theory found and delivered, and they don't care how its done,
>where it comes from, or who does it.
>  Now I've found it (see http://www.ccsnet.com/prep for copies of
>my published papers) and this is the scientific equivalent of
>sitting in a poker game and realizing that you've been dealt a
>royal straight flush in spades on the first deal.  You can't be
>called.
>  Now what do we have to offer 5 billion desperate and frustrated
>people.  What does this discovery mean for them?  Well, get
>ready, because I'm going to tell you, and you're going to have a
>hard time believing it.  It turns out that the Structural Model
>ORIGINATES in the Cartesian Structure of the human body (and
>hence brain).  Yes, that's it in a nutshell, that's my discovery. 
>Believe it or not, science has been 2,500 years finding that out,
>and yours truly, George Hammond, is the one who finally
>discovered it.
>  Now, what does it mean for an angry, frustrated and desperate
>public, not to mention struggling psychology personnel- well, it
>means nothing less than a BONANZA!  If you read my papers, you
>will see that the discovery of the Structural Model "proves" the
>Bicameral/2-Party system.  Right away, there goes Communism (the
>one party system).  This spells the end of the nuclear arms race
>and virtual world demilitarization!  Second, it proves that the
>Cross of Christianity IS the cartesian coordinate system of human
>personality structure (i.e. the 4-gospel canon IS the 4 way
>personality structure of the E-N plane).  This one realizes, is
>the first scientific proof of a major element of religion in the
>history of the world!  Moreover, by putting the Christian Canon
>on a scientific basis, we remove the weapon of antisemitism from
>the reach of the misguided.  Nothing less than a complete
>overhaul of Christianity as we know it, will occur.  Furthermore,
>a world ecumenical unification of the worlds religions will
>ensue, because the 4-gospel canon is axiomatic and exists in all
>religions (the 4-vedic books for instance).  A half a billion
>Hindiis will be liberated from 3,000 years of bondage in the
>Caste system when it is realize that the 4-Varnas (Castes) are
>nothing but an Indian version of the BI/2P system.
>  So, O.K., we've got the superweapon.  We've got the discovery
>and the theory that 5 billion people are waiting for to alter the
>course of history, reform governments, unite peoples and
>religions, secure world peace and disarmament, and effect the
>largest human mobilization of effort known in the history of the
>world- to solve the energy crisis, bring the population explosion
>under control, and save the world ecology.  What do we do about
>it?
>  The first thing is to seek out people like you and me and Hemp
>and dozens, hundreds, even thousands of others in the psychology
>field who are chafing under the pressure of "downsizing", "budget
>cuts" lack of opportunity and convince them that a discovery has
>been made that is going to propel Psychology into the world
>limelight (rivaling Physics even).  A discovery that is going to
>mean billions in government funding for Psychology research,
>opportunity, advancement, progress, action!!!  That's what we've
>got to do.  And when its all over, we'll be giving the orders in
>Psychology, we'll be handing out the money, we'll be directing
>the research, we'll be doing the hiring and firing- not them!     
>  Are you with me!
>
>George Hammond
>
>PS: The reason I originally got on this discussion is that the Cartesian 
>Theory is an "axiomatic" discovery, thus claims to convert Psychology from an 
>empirical "soft science" into an axiomatic "hard science".


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