meta rec - Oh My God, I Can See Your Id! by brown_betty

[seperis]

Read this right now. If you are having a bad day, you will feel better. If you are having a great day, it will make it awesome.

Let's Talk About Books!: Today's topic: Oh My God, I Can See Your Id! by brown_betty - the comments. Are. HilariousJust--you know, run along and giggle hysterically. Though now I do want an argument related to profic id as

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[suaine]

Are we talking about ID as defined by psychoanalysis? Because in that case I will have to withdraw from the discussion before I hit something. XD (my issues with the psychoanalytic school of thought in psychology runs deep and probably has its own mommy issues)

[seperis]

It's referring to this.

[suaine]

Yes, that is a bastardized concept of Freud's, which is just going to make me hang out in another corner and giggle uncontrollably. Or maybe cry. I think I might cry.

[seperis]

Okay.

[suaine]

Heh. I've been studying psychology in the wrong place to have any affinity for Freud's ideas. The man made shit up all over the place. He was as crazy as the criminals and patients he observed. ID, ego and superego are some of his more sensible ideas, but they're still mostly guesswork.

I'll admit that they make for great pop-psych though.