This is a response to Jerome Tobacyk's most recent criticism of my proposal to replace Maslow's idea of self-actualization with the idea of openness. I point out that rIbbacyk has failed to discuss my arguments and my definition of openness and that some of his criticisms contradict things he himself said earlier.
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