“The points to be emphasised are, first, that Freud’s psychical energy model originated outside psychoanalysis, and,

secondly, that a main motive for his introducing it was in order to ensure that his psychology conformed to what he believed to be the best scientific ideas of the day.”
John Bowlby – Attachment

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“Unlike the psychical energy model, it should be noted, object-relational models are derived from clinical experience and from the data obtained during analysis of patients.“
John Bowlby – Attachment

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What's wrong with thinking stealing is creativity, that theft is magic?
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“If we turned society into a big Skinner box and controlled behavior deliberately rather than haphazardly, we could eliminate aggression, overpopulation, crowding, pollution, and inequality, and thereby attain Utopia. The noble savage became the noble pigeon.“
Steven Pinker
Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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