This is for me, almost too funny. I actually worked with Marcial Losada back in 1986-1987. He was a psychologist in the AI R&D group I was in. This is the first I had heard of him since then. I hope most of my other colleagues from over the years have fared better.
Gary On Oct 31, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Having recently read the long essay featured on the cover of "The Economist" > October 19th-25th issue, "How Science Goes Wrong", it's really fun to see > this. The Economist article goes into some depth on the failure and flaws in > the peer review process: "Scientists like to think of science as > self-correcting. To an alarming degree, it is not." > > And Roger, especially painful for me, as a full-fledged toiler in the > Happiness Industry and a non-academic Ph.D. consultant to boot, is the answer > from Losada to the request for a response from the American Psychologist. > “I didn’t have the time to prepare a proper response. I am not an academic, > I am a consultant to business and I am fully booked for the rest of 2013. The > demand for training in my model has taken all my available time. My priority > is not to publish, but to attend my clients properly.” TRAINING iN MY > MODEL?? Yipes! > > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > Roger, > > > > Speaking as somebody who can barely get his positivity ratio up to 1/3, let > alone 3/1, I am deeply grateful for this post. > > > > N > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:35 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology > > > > http://narrative.ly/pieces-of-mind/nick-brown-smelled-bull/ and > > > > http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-magic-ratio-that-wasnt/33279 > > > > describe how the principles of "positive psychology" got their mathematical > "foundations" demolished this summer. A lesson in the hazards of basing your > career on a reasonable sounding metaphor. > > > > -- rec -- > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > me...@emergentdiplomacy.org > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merlelefkoff > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
