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Conspiracy theories

Is this the tavistock inst. involved with brain washing and secret LSD thingies? or is it not included because there is little evidence to support it? (Benjabanup 20:23, 22 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]

No, the Tavistock Institute is not involved in brain washing or LSD. If you take a look at its website, you'll get a good idea of what it does, and who its clients are. --Duncan 07:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Duncan - so you're obviously not familiar with The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations by Dr. John Coleman? I suggest you give it a read. There is very good reason why the Tavistock institute resides within the City of London. It's rather humorous that you would assume the truth comes direct from the institute itself via its phony website. That's like me running a brothel but creating a nice, clean, friendly website that covers it up. Very easy to do.

Coleman's book is self-published, and is not a reputable source. I've been in the Institute. It's a tiny organisation with two open-plan office and no clinical work of any type.--Duncan (talk) 12:05, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, it is the subject of conspiracy theories, which is part of why it´s so well known. I think the section on it should be reestablished. StrongALPHA (talk) 08:35, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well shit, Duncan, if you have been there and YOU say it is legit, it must be. I feel so much better now.

On adding segment about being a target of conspiracy theorists

I encountered the name of the Institute in a joke linking some idea to be as wild as someone claiming a plot by Tavistock. I came here and found nothing, searching you get over 47,000 hits on the topic. So I have found notable and reliable cites that do not perpetuate any claims against the Institute but do give some brief explanation of what is going on. I would argue that running into these theories as wild as they maybe is how most people will know that the Institute even exists and it makes sense to give some info on that here. It is not necessary to give any validity to the theories but I would hold that they are notable enough to get a mention that the theories exist. ---Wowaconia (talk) 18:13, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update on current work of the Tavistock Institute

Hello wikipedia, I put some recent details about the work that the Tavistock Institute does to try and give a fuller picture of it and because one of the charitable objectives is to share knowledge and information. I moved the current work section up so readers get a sense of that before diving into the history. I hope that's all okay and I would like to disclose that I am employed there. Luciente Grey (talk) 18:35, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Too much glazing

The beginning of the article seems to be in clear violation of Wikipedia’s neutrality rules. Haven’t read the whole thing but it wouldn’t surprise me if a significant portion of it was written or edited by someone at the organization itself 173.15.249.18 (talk) 14:09, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]