Talk:Wayne Dyer/Archive 1

message: Is this anything more than a promo for Wayne Dyer? Thes entinel 01:48, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: old comments

message: The information provided in this reference to Wayne Dyer is plagiarized from Dr. Dyer's own site.  He probably doesn't mind the glowing review, which lends more credibility to his immodest claims, but I'm not sure Dr. Dyer has a NPOV about Dr. Dyer.  The statement "Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, affectionately called the 'father of motivation' by his fans, is one of the most widely known and respected people in the field of self-empowerment," is brazen self-aggrandizement that somehow remains vague, irrelevant, and subjective.  If he's widely known and respected, show stats from a survey; otherwise, it's just wishful thinking on his part.  I'm sure many psychologists find it a bit mystifying that Dr. Dyer, who's not exactly known for his empirical research publications, somehow surpassed Pavlov, Skinner, Maslow, Adams, Vroom, and others to be the "father of motivation".  (When did we vote on that?)
I'd find it more informative to read about where he got his Ph.D... or is it a PsyD, a D.O., or a general doctoral degree from the Kharmic University of Mountebanks?  What do you get for a "doctorate in counseling psychotherapy"?  That doesn't sound APA-accredited.  What did he research for his dissertation (ha ha)?  Maybe it would also be important to include a quote or two from Dr. Dyer that really showcases his special brand of insight; something like his own description of one of his talks:  "Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explores intention as an all-pervading force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. Intention, he explains, is not something you do, but an energy you're a part of. Not only do you originate from the field of intention, but if you align yourself to it, your desires become fulfilled and you find yourself at peace."  I defy anyone to make sense of that or in any way render it into any manner of falsifiable hypothesis or meaningful statement.  It is utter blather.  A NPOV perspective should stick to the facts and avoid the baseless claims he makes about himself and should perhaps mention that he's at least equally widely regarded as a charlatan.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.238.151.155 (talk • contribs) 
He actually holds 2 doctorates, if I'm not mistaken, one in counseling from Wayne State, and one in psychology from the University of Michigan.  While I agree that this post is little more than an advertisement ripped from his website, maybe it should be considered that his website originates from his publisher, and not from Dr. Dyer himself.  
152.15.101.122 22:35, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can imprive the article then please "be bold" and do it. -Will Beback 21:13, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: new comments

message: Here is Dyer's dissertation:
Author Dyer, Wayne W.
Title Group counseling leadership training in counselor education, by Wayne W. Dyer. 
Publication info. 1970. 
 
Location  Call No.  Status  NOTE  
Purdy-Kresge Library Dissertations   D988         CHECKED IN   
Purdy-Kresge Library Dissertations   D988         CHECKED IN   
Purdy-Kresge Library Research Support Ctr. Theses   THESIS E2602         LIB USE ONLY   
 
Description xii, 211 l. 29 cm. 
Note Vita. 
ALSO AVAILABLE IN MICROFORM. 
Thesis Thesis (Ed. D.)--Wayne State University, Dept. of Education. 
Bibliography Bibliography: l. 204-210. 
Subject Educational counseling.  
Added author Wayne State University. Thesis (Ed. D.)
Badagnani 09:15, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dissertation 

message: Seriously, try this your self. Gareth E Kegg 01:55, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banana Incident 

message: Marianne Williamson is the only one of these that makes sense.  What have New Thought and Mary Marin got to do with Dr. Dyer? Pgc512 22:15, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "See Also"

message: Beacuse it was an unreferenced opinion that a couple of things Dyer said were "questionable".  See No Original Research. Pgc512 12:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Criticism Section

message: I find the ISBN numbers make the bibliography difficult to read. They can be easily found using any book searching method so long as we keep the title, author, date of publication, and publisher (all are already listed). 
So I think we should remove the ISBN numbers for easier reading. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.97.51.123 (talk) 16:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  please remove the ISBN numbers