The other day a friend of mine took a predictable swipe at those of my ilk in the “soft sciences” as not doing really “important” research. What I wanted to say, but couldn\’t phrase very articulately, is exactly what I just barely read in a booklet by John Flanagan:
“Mankind has no more important problem than the study of individuals. Unfortunately, more progress seems to have been made in understanding such phenomena as plants, chemicals, and even the behavior of atoms and molecules than in attaining a sound understanding of human beings.”
– John C. Flanagan in The Critical Incident Technique in the Study of Individuals
Right on!
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