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: I'll look up the paper that the research was published in. I'm pretty sure they referred explicitly to the Napoleon Complex and discussed how it was relevant. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 01:01, 27 May 2007 (EDT) | : I'll look up the paper that the research was published in. I'm pretty sure they referred explicitly to the Napoleon Complex and discussed how it was relevant. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 01:01, 27 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :: I know they referred to it, but they're wrong. They set up a scenario to get the results they wished, and then claimed it refutes the Napoleon complex. By doing so they recreate the Napoleon complex to fit their image instead of studying the complex itself (which does not involve taking mass numbers of big and small groups of people -- what they tested for, and what was intuitively obvious, is that smaller people have learned to refrain more from trying to smash bigger people, for obvious reasons, as in real life situations the results are often not very pleasant.) [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 01:53, 27 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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Your reference made an attempt to compare all short and all tall people. Nowhere was there any implication made that the Napoleon complex applies to any more than a small number of people. Also, you will find that the Napoleon complex very seldom manifests itself in 'mano a mano' fighting for sheer physical strength. Learn together 00:13, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
- I'll look up the paper that the research was published in. I'm pretty sure they referred explicitly to the Napoleon Complex and discussed how it was relevant. JoshuaZ 01:01, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
- I know they referred to it, but they're wrong. They set up a scenario to get the results they wished, and then claimed it refutes the Napoleon complex. By doing so they recreate the Napoleon complex to fit their image instead of studying the complex itself (which does not involve taking mass numbers of big and small groups of people -- what they tested for, and what was intuitively obvious, is that smaller people have learned to refrain more from trying to smash bigger people, for obvious reasons, as in real life situations the results are often not very pleasant.) Learn together 01:53, 27 May 2007 (EDT)