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crims0n on Dec 4, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Best books read in 2022?

Highly recommend looking into the author... was about to order the book but saw a lot of stuff I didn't like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Bettelheim

ohbleek on Dec 5, 2022 [–]

From Wikipedia: “ Much of his work was discredited after his death due to fraudulent academic credentials, allegations of patient abuse, accusations of plagiarism, and lack of oversight by institutions and the psychological community.”

The article describes all of this in detail.

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