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I think a lot of self-help books are dismissed by most people. I would love to know why.

• DanBC 15y ago
  Because a lot of them are pure nonsense that can do more harm than good. There's a weird mish-mash of useful and garbage, and it's hard to tell which is which unless you already know about the field. Some of them lack science. Worse, some of them are actively anti-science. I agree that there some great books, with useful helpful life-changing advice.
  • philwelch 15y ago
    And even the good books have maybe an essay or three blog posts worth of actual information stretched out over a few hundred pages for salability.