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HomePCTBill PowersThings I’d like to say if they wouldn’t think I’m a nut Or — Overgeneralizations that aren’t that far over.

Things I’d like to say if they wouldn’t think I’m a nut Or — Overgeneralizations that aren’t that far over.

April 16, 2022 Dag Forssell Bill Powers, Papers, PCT

William T. Powers

Another hard-hitting comment on the state of our contemporary behavioral sciences.

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