[WikiEN-l] Psychology of problem Wikipedians: excessive "need for cognition"

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Karl A. Krueger wrote:

>When people attempt to explain other people's actions in terms of
>psychological disorders or oddities, it seems to me that it often
>reflects a lack of respect or human sympathy for the people thus
>diagnosed.

[snip long post not addressing the point at all]


Gosh, I guess that means we can't call obvious problem cases obvious
problem cases, and certainly can't try to address the actual problem,
because it might be rude to do so. Thanks for clearing that up.


- d.

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