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  1. 01-28-2016, 11:06 AM #1
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    R.I.P. Lance Humble



    "Lance Humble" is no longer with us. He was Igor Kusyszyn, Ph.d
    A professor at York University in Downsview (now Toronto), Canada.
    His pen name was ironic. He'd was not so much humble as he was popular.

    I met the Ukrainian emigre after I had earned my M.S. in Clinical Psychology.
    I can still picture his happily cluttered faculty office. We chatted at length
    re: gambling and I explained that I had just delivered a lecture and workshop,
    (at an A.P.A. Convention), on advanced uses of the M.M.P.I. (The 555 item
    "Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory." I wanted to do extensive profiling
    of "Pathological Gamblers" who were "Cross-Addicted." He wanted to be the
    Chairperson of my Doctoral Dissertation Committee ~ and I was excited as he
    (literally) guaranteed my smooth sailing through my Doctorate.

    At the time I had a teenage wife (#1 of 3) and she freaked out at the notion of
    moving to Canada for a few years. Long story made short: I had to decline his offer.
    Had I stayed, I’d have been in on the ground floor of Hi-Opt II, along with Julian Braun,
    when Nevada (and foreign casinos) were all virtual candy stores.


    SEE: http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2015/12/0...ted-professor/
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  2. 01-28-2016, 11:36 AM #2
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    Interesting life. And maintained his interesting in gaming late in life. There are a couple chats with him in the archives.
    "I don't think outside the box; I think of what I can do with the box." - Henri Matisse
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  3. 01-28-2016, 11:39 AM #3
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    OMG! RIP.

    M.S. in Clinical Psychology
    Thank you for allowing me the space to share that with you.
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  4. 01-28-2016, 12:16 PM #4
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    That's pretty interesting. I guess the real lesson here is don't have either wives, or teenage wives? =P ...ahh, we all gotta learn the hard way with some things in life =).
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  5. 01-28-2016, 12:40 PM #5
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    She freaked at moving to Canada? Silly girl. Mnd you - Gods country is in the West.

    Humble's book was the second book I bought.
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    Labattaphobia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Labattaphobia.
    ...Made me laugh rightfully much more than it probably should have. lol
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    Labattaphobia was the original analysis however after doing multiple nonlinear side tests it was determined to be Molsonitis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Labattaphobia.
    Eh! Sure bears the pisswater south of the 49th, erroneously called beer
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    One of the first books I read too. It's on the bookshelf by the front door. I glanced at it just last night. It's nice to hear his professional life was apparently so joyful. His powerful HO2 lives on!
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    Quote Originally Posted by First Normal Form View Post
    "His powerful HO2 lives on!"
    He really does not deserve the credit for Hi-Opt I or Hi-Opt II.

    He wrote narratives that were NOT good. The numbers work

    was all done by Julian Braun, a 1970's computer programmer.
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  12. 01-28-2016, 05:20 PM #12
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    He gives credit. I think it's difficult to criticize books written in that period knowing what we know now. But, no question that Braun was a pioneer.
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    FUCK. What can I say.
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