This was fun, so kudos, but deeply flawed I feel. It's basically Tim Leary/Robert Anton Wilson's model dressed in psychobabble. I'd give her more credit if she at least credited/referenced them and let's also not forget that psychology is not really a science [1].
For something with far more substance, I suggest metaprogramming by John Lilly [2]. At least he had the conviction to spend more than half of his life experimenting (radically) on himself.
>"It's basically Tim Leary/Robert Anton Wilson's model dressed in psychobabble. I'd give her more credit if she at least credited/referenced them"
Are you suggesting the two individuals you mentioned are the originators of that line of thought? Why is it important to you that these two individuals are name dropped?
Plagiarism is not something I find easy to accept thus I do my best to counter it whenever I encounter it.
Besides, mentioning the originators of certain ideas and models and guiding people to their work is surely adding a lot of substance to the discussion.
This is funny/meta because the idea of ownership (almost in a way reminiscent of weak vs. strong pointers haha), I feel, originates from some semblance of ego and associated 'territorialism' which RAW touches on in eg. Prometheus Rising.
Only if they were the sources of inspiration. What I'm trying to suggest to you is that similar ideas to those put forward by Leary and Wilson existed before either of those two individuals were born. With that in mind, why are you convinced these two individuals are being plagarised? Can you point to any passages that reminded you of their works?
While there's overlap with some of the work you mentioned, I would think it most congruent with said work to be appreciative of yet another inroad to the same conclusion (as opposed to unappreciative based on cosmetic difference).
Not defending the text you're talking about, but if you feel like it's "deeply flawed" could you please point out some concrete examples?
For something with far more substance, I suggest metaprogramming by John Lilly [2]. At least he had the conviction to spend more than half of his life experimenting (radically) on himself.
[1] http://www.nature.com/news/over-half-of-psychology-studies-f...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Metaprogramming-Human-Bio...