Empirical support for adult developmental theory using word frequency analysis. Helpful inasmuch as the empirical basis for adult stage theories is a bit sketchy.

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Methodologically, the most interesting aspect of this (apart from word frequency analysis per se) is the observation that non-monotonic frequencies indicate a genuinely staged path, rather than simply a gradual increase in a single factor.pic.twitter.com/C3uVxTFhUR
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Although the authors found some non-monotonicity in their data, it’s not a strong effect. A limitation of the study is that 90% of the subjects were in three middle Loevinger stages. Stronger non-monotonicity signals might show up with a wider developmental distribution.
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This is interesting. Listening to your engrossing Imperfect Buddha chat today, caught myself getting reenamoured with Kegan again. But then had the counter thought that I may be believing Kegan's model without havin ever kicked the tyres of his data.
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I find it such a strongly explanatory framework that I don’t care all that much what the data say. This is dangerous, obviously! If you want to dig into the data, they are in https://amzn.to/2v1Q0Pv
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But, the rule of thumb is that any psych experiment published before last year is probably meaningless, because replication crisis.
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Last I heard of that tale, there was a not insignificant degree of crisis in the whole replication crisis hullabaloo.
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Yes, it’s on-going. It’s probably going to take a decade before we know which long-accepted psychological theories are true.
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While I have your ear, a query. Do you know of Peter Fenner? I read "nothing to practice" books by him years ago that pushed my zen doubts into despair & complete rejection of anything Buddhist. Now wondering if he's doing Ati-yoga beyond my level or actually neo-advaita.
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Mmm, no, I don’t think I recognize the name, even.
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Thanks. Buoyed by your suggestion of the value of Dzogchen & listening to John Dunne's recent series "On Language and Non-dual Practice" https://player.fm/series/upaya-zen-center … I've been tempted to dust off the intro-level Dzogchen books I've failed to connect to. Fenner's will keep for later.
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