Talk:Pronoia (psychology)

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Contents 1 Why is this page still here? 2 Working on it. 3 Two articles? 4 Message of the Zippies 5 WikiProject Psychology

[edit] Why is this page still here?

Honestly, I'm confused at how someone can read this article and NOT do something about it.

"A peasant revolt therefore came into being as a result of outsourcing pronoia and the wikipedia. The technopeasants, sick and tired of being landless and ignored for decades by the media, rose up in defiance of the old pronoia laws."

WHAT does this mean? WHERE is this? What region of India? WHAT pronoia laws? An encyclopedia is not a dumping ground for New Age rhetoric, vagueries, or buzzwords like those featured here.

If this is indeed such a phenomenon as the article tries to describe, then let's have it rewritten (if nothing else), or deleted. --Addama 17:14, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Working on it.

I am going to rewrite this starting from the Wired Magazine article which introduced me to the Pronoia meme. I will attempt to locate subsequent references associated with the figures cited, or others. I too think the India/Africa content is dubious.

Once the edits are done, I wonder if Pronoia_(psychology) is a suitable title? Any suggestions?

I am wading in here... Discovered Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Zippies, and apparently the original India/Africa references are referred to in the New York Times although there is no mention of the word pronoia.

tokind 16:43, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Just a start. I welcome additional references and links to more detailed information. tokind 22:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two articles?

Perhaps this should be split into Pronoia (philosophy) and Pronoia (psychology), and Pronoia (disambigiation) edited accordingly? tokind 23:54, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Message of the Zippies

The mixed message emanating from various quarters needs to be analysed. While some would concur on the belief of Clark, that rave culture involves designer drugs or that trance parties require shamanic medicine, the issue of self-medication needs to be addressed, if only, to avoid the issues associated with substance abuse and so on. I don't subscribe to Clark's message, nor do I have any sympathy for Tim Leary's message taken out of the context of the sixties. I do however agree with Aldous Huxley and do not want to associate myself with any populist appeal to drug usuage.Ethnopunk 13:21, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Psychology

This article doesn't belong in the WikiProject Psychology article base. It talks about a philosophy or worldview, not a psychological concept.--Cassmus 08:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)