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Ben's avatar

The paragraph that contains "...wasn't sure if it was a hierarchy in the first place. It didn't come in any peer reviewed psychology journal. It came in a management book..."

If that is quite wrong, maybe a few other things too?

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Venky Ramachandran's avatar

such as?

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Ben's avatar

I haven't checked further. Just a hunch that if the source that you took this from was wrong, there might be some other things in this article that are wrong, too.

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Venky Ramachandran's avatar

Im writing this based on my direct experience. In my direct experience, the hierarchy doesn't make sense. This space isn't conducive for a dialogue. Happy to chat further.

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Ben's avatar

Venky you'd do well to read Maslow's 1943 paper and revise some parts of this post (it's cited in one of your “debunking” links).

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Venky Ramachandran's avatar

What parts of the post you think I must revise

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