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Sender: Clinical Psychologists < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it From: psycpers < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Organization: n/a Subject:      Seligman is an Unscientific, Unethical HACK To: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Martin Seligman would like to have the field founded on premises that have NOT been subjected to reasonable scientific investigation, while he intentionally neglects basic, NEEDED scientific research. Martin Seligman concerns himself mainly with the issue of effectiveness and NOT efficacy (using his own words).  What this amounts to is the fact that Martin Seligman wants to hold to tenets of *belief* (i.e. faith) that HAVE NOT been subject to reasonable scientific investigation (and may well not be subject to such standards of evidence in the forseeable future).  He contents himself with the Comsumer Reports study.  He ALSO puts forth the UNPROVEN NOTION that effectiveness should be considered something distinct from that which is investigated in the efficacy study paradigm.  He calls upon us to hold the field in high regard _base_d on weak, biased, ambiguous data AND blindly accept this last-mentioned NOTION. At the same time, _base_d upon his unfounded NOTION (and tenet of faith) **AND** _base_d on an irrational defensiveness, Seligman ignores and shows no interest in clearly needed efficacy studies.  Some of the reseach that has not yet been done using the standard sort of efficacy paridigm is scientifically *necessary* and is *basic foundation research* for the field.  Not promoting this research is scientifically unacceptable and is negligent and unethical.  Brad, on his web site, has clearly described some of this needed research.  He has also clearly described the rationale for, and importance of, this research and has clearly argued how it is MORE ethical than many of the efficacy studies done today.