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Another article from the same person: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/25/magazine/patric-gagne-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/20

Another article from the same person: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/25/magazine/patric-gagne-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/25/magazine/patr... And discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39500240 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39500240 And yet another from a few years back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24806019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24806019

TwoNineFive 3y ago
It says a lot about HN that people keep posting this.
djyaz1200 3y ago
Sociopaths do love publicity
- sandspar 3y ago
  The thrill response may be preserved.
n4r9 3y ago
She seems to be a bit of an intriguing character. I remember googling her when that thread from 18 days ago popped up and couldn't figure out whether she was genuine or simply a very good self-publicist chasing a literary niche. Seeing her pop up again has made me lean towards the latter. I googled around again and discovered a reddit thread in "askpsychology": https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/comments/jqewhk/does_anyone_know_where_the_writer_patric_gagne/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/comments/jqewhk/does_... It raises a few interesting concerns, for example: * You'd expect someone with a degree in psychology to be unlikely to use the term "sociopath" so freely and without qualification or clarification. * Her credentials seem questionable. There's no record of her actually having a PhD and no record of a dissertation in proquest. It's possible she did a "PsyD" program at California Graduate Institute. * She appears to use clinical terminology incorrectly and make claims on her (now disappeared) blog that aren't backed up by research. * Her real name appears to be Patricia Cagle, however she wrote articles under the name "Patric Gagne" for a column called Modern Love in NYT which apparently does not permit pseudonyms.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
  And why does she (?) feel the need to emphasize her posh upbringing? Might be a fantasy too.

TwoNineFive 3y ago

It says a lot about HN that people keep posting this.

djyaz1200 3y ago

Sociopaths do love publicity

sandspar 3y ago
The thrill response may be preserved.

n4r9 3y ago

She seems to be a bit of an intriguing character. I remember googling her when that thread from 18 days ago popped up and couldn't figure out whether she was genuine or simply a very good self-publicist chasing a literary niche. Seeing her pop up again has made me lean towards the latter. I googled around again and discovered a reddit thread in "askpsychology": https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/comments/jqewhk/does_anyone_know_where_the_writer_patric_gagne/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/comments/jqewhk/does_... It raises a few interesting concerns, for example: * You'd expect someone with a degree in psychology to be unlikely to use the term "sociopath" so freely and without qualification or clarification. * Her credentials seem questionable. There's no record of her actually having a PhD and no record of a dissertation in proquest. It's possible she did a "PsyD" program at California Graduate Institute. * She appears to use clinical terminology incorrectly and make claims on her (now disappeared) blog that aren't backed up by research. * Her real name appears to be Patricia Cagle, however she wrote articles under the name "Patric Gagne" for a column called Modern Love in NYT which apparently does not permit pseudonyms.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
And why does she (?) feel the need to emphasize her posh upbringing? Might be a fantasy too.