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Article: Harlow's story shows science's shame, success.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- November 25, 2002
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It seems a shame to accuse scientists of stupidity, when much more stupidity afflicts many other realms of human endeavor. But the practice of science does often succumb to some of society's most common failings _ dogmatism and obsession, for instance.
No area of science is immune from such shamefulness. But in the century past, psychology has exhibited more than its share. And a new book offers an illuminating glimpse into some of psychology's shamefulness, as well as one of its greatest successes.
In ``Love at Goon Park,'' science writer Deborah Blum tells the life story of Harry Harlow, a psychologist famed for his discoveries and defamed for his ...