The other "expert" in the article, clinical psychologist Oliver James (who also maintains both a professional website and a Wikipedia page), has just as much grief to pour on the micro-blogging platform. "Nobody would Twitter if they had a strong sense of identity,” he said in Pemberton's article.Thing is, Dr. James also doesn't use Twitter, so he probably wouldn't really know firsthand. That's OK - he's very familiar with the idea of remote diagnosis, since he's actually a TV psychologist. In fact, according to discussion circling around inflammatory comments he made back in 2001, "Dr James, apparently an expert on everything from paedophilia to the meaning of Princess Diana's death, is not a member of the British Psychological Society...UK Quacks Cry "Bulltwit" About Twitter Users | Twittown Blog - The Apps and Widgets Community and Forums
"Sounds like a couple of psychologists might be "projecting" - a classic psychological behavior which they must both be very familiar with. Since both doctors seem to delight in shameless self-promotion, it should be no surprise that they'd take a shot at Twitter - anything to get their names in the paper.Well, Tweeple, are we just going to take this twitting, er, sitting down? Dr. Lewis has his telephone number on his website, and Dr. James lists his email address on his. Why not drop them a line and tell them, in 140 characters or less, why you think they're full of bulltwit?
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