Talk:Henry C. McComas

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Interesting note[edit]

In the foreword to his book Ghosts I Have Talked With (1937), McComas wrote that "No one who believes in spiritualism ever changes his opinion by reading arguments against it". Although true-believer syndrome was later advocated by M. Lamar Keene in his book The Psychic Mafia (1976), it is clear that McComas writing much before Keene had recognized it. HealthyGirl (talk) 19:40, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Family geneology[edit]

I managed to find a typescript family geneology written by McComas himself in 1950, which contains a rather complete bio for himself. It's available online at Hathitrust here. Lots of interesting details, including a reference to the fact that he spent 4 years as a Congregationalist minister in Michigan, before going back for his Ph.D. and devoting himself to science. --Krelnik (talk) 18:57, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]