Holy fuckballs. We've reached a point where Bob Chipman, techno-prophet of the Superior Future and Heir Apparent to the Ecumenopolis of Manhattanized New York State, is defending the merits of cartomancy and palmistry. This is it, my lads, this is it, this is the absolute fucking nadir of Bob's intellectual dishonesty and hypocrisy. He takes a shot at Catholicism on the way. Hmm. What Catholic sacraments might be "grounded fundamentally in ... basic psychology"? Can't think of a fuckin' thing! Certainly not that sacrament where you and a priest sit together in a private booth while he listens to you unburden your sins and gives you penance. That doesn't bear a shred of resemblance to talk therapy. Not a jot or a tittle.
While I don't discount Bob's apparently depthless stupidity, I have to think at least some of this is because he wants to smash that New Age witchy broad.