UCI Psychiatrist Bilked by Nigerian E-Mails (had claimed Reagan had diminished mental ability)

Los Angeles Times ^ | March 2, 2006 | William Lobdell,

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A renowned psychiatrist from UC Irvine was duped into squandering at least $1.3 million of his family's fortune on a Nigeria Internet scam, according to a lawsuit recently filed by his son.

...Louis Gottschalk, a neuroscientist, is the founding chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at UCI College of Medicine. He gained national prominence by announcing in 1987 that President Reagan had been suffering from diminished mental ability as early as 1980.

He came to this conclusion by using the Gottschalk-Gleser scales, an internationally used diagnostic tool he helped develop for charting impairments in brain function, to measure speech patterns in Reagan's 1980 and 1984 presidential debates.

In 1997, Gottschalk gave $1.5 million to the UCI College of Medicine. In exchange, school officials named the medical plaza after him and his late wife.

More recently, Gottschalk coinvented software that uncovered a link between childhood attention-deficit disorder and adult addiction to alcohol and drugs. And in 2004, at age 87, he published his latest book, "World War II: Neuropsychiatric Casualties, Out of Sight, Out of Mind."

[cripplecreek]

I would point out that Reagan wasn't the one who fell for a Nigerian internet scam.

[martin_fierro]

Dr. PWN3D

[Dallas59]

He's now a poster child for spotting the difference between diseases of the mind and stupidity.

[SE Mom]

This makes perfect sense- this guy has been living in a dream world all along..

[rawcatslyentist]

"Oh it wasn't a scam... see ya give them all your credit card numbers, and if one of them is lucky, you win a prize!"--Grandpa Abe Simpson--

[martin_fierro]

HA!		HA!
I'M USING TEH INTERNET!!!1!

[Squint]

Dr. PWN3D

ROFLAMAO!

[carumba]

Dear Dr. Gottschalk,
I am writing you to ask a favor that will help me and prove profitable to you. I have a huge pile of money in a Swiss bank account and I need to launder it so that it looks legit to the local bankers and authorities in my hometown. Please give me access to all your financial information, you life insurance policy, your mother's maiden name, the name of your pet, where you went on your honeymoon, and stuff like that so that I can get my money out of the Swiss bank account and into my sweaty palms so I can begin to spend it. You can trust me because I am on the Internet and scam artist don't know how to use the internet. Let me know as soon as you can. Thank You. Your totally legit net surfer pal.
Carumba

[cloud8]

Good grief. Never give a sucker an even break.

[rdb3]

You big dumbie. </Fred Sanford>

This is a ch__ch. What's missing?

[DocRock]

irony bookmark

[TruthSetsUFree]

Just goes to show that IQ and intelligence don't necessarily equal discernment, wisdom and common sense.

[goldstategop]

A liberal idiot who pronounced Reagan an idiot turns out to be have been taken in by Nigerian e-mail scammers? Wow, I find it hard to believe he could be that stupid. Apparently as his son discovered, yep he dealt with Dr. Mobekuwuku or whoever in Lagos and lost $1.3 million. I have yet to hear of President Reagan having lost his shirt in that scam.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[steveegg]

ROFLMAO!

[ARCADIA]

Another senile victim gets scammed.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

One must question how smart this guy ever was.

But that would hardly matter to LIBERALS out to slam President Reagan.

Remember what an idiot Reagan was supposed to be, then all his writings became available and the world could see what a bright bulb he was.

The sliming left must have loved and adored this stupid doctor and his quirky medicine. I wonder how many people used his Gottschalk-Gleser scales.

[Old Grumpy]

Talk about diminished mental capacity . . .

[sittnick]

He gained national prominence by announcing in 1987 that President Reagan had been suffering from diminished mental ability as early as 1980.

Gee, think about how well he could have done without "half his brain tied behind his back"!

I'm only in my forties, and I'm already suffering from "diminished mental ability". (Now WHERE are those car keys?!)

[Northern Alliance]

What's that German word for delight in the misfortune of others? I know it is bad for the soul, but I think I will indulge myself for a while.