Babinski Reflex

Someone gave me a copy of this book back in 1991, and I finally got around to reading it just lately. It's a real treasure trove of Reflexes, Theorems, Laws, and Effects from many different disciplines: nuclear physics, medicine, psychology--to name a few. Here you will get an understanding of the Munchausen Syndrome, which enables you to understand why one notable version of this is called Munchausen's by Proxy. You'll also see one effect, syndrome, or factor compared with another, such as Janiger's Law, which predicts--somewhat in the way that the Peter Principle states that one will rise to the level of his or her incompetence--that people will persevere in accomplishments and encounters with new experiences only to the extent of their anxiety about the experience.For each effect, there is described a metaffect, that is, a transference or application of the affect to behavior or feelings in everyday situations. By knowing the various theorems, principles, etc., one can recognize when others are being controlled by them, or when one is is danger of say, succumbing to The Bandwagon Effect or, in contrast, trying a new way of doing something, as in The Fosbury Flop.In the end, "The Babinski Reflex" provides a way of understanding our world, as well as the metaphoric filters that people place on experience. I recommend the book whole-heartedly.