Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-13 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:27:42 -0800 (PST) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Perceptive?readers would find Mario's quote / response to my post: The salutary effect of some negative consequences for inappropriate behavior makes intuitive common sense is only a bloviated version of

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-12 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Perceptive readers would find Mario's quote / response to my post: The salutary effect of some negative consequences for inappropriate behavior makes intuitive common sense is only a bloviated version of the idiom I quoted: Spare the rod and spoil the child. I would apply the same

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science (final version - sorry)

2008-12-11 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
i Mario, As the voice of truth, etc. etc, and a self-assured goanetter, I am amazed that you can contradict yourself in the same post.  For starters, you do not come between Santosh and me. Perhaps you can take a leaf from that.  I have learned to ignore irrelevant chatter.  It is a

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: In my opinion, the term punishment is hyperbole in this article because the examples of punishment that are mentioned are not corporal or physical, but more like disapproval and public embarrassment and losing some privilege or

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science (final version - sorry)

2008-12-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: As usual some select to shoot the goanet messenger, perhaps because the message (or scientific paper) is above their level.:=)) Perhaps, Mario will respond appropriately to the all-encompassing wisdom imparted to us by

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-11 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:51:04 -0800 (PST) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com I like when all-and-sundry tell an author?what should have been written.? The reality is? Negative consequences (your term) is definitely a form of punishment.? This applies in many places, including?school

[Goanet] Old practice as new Science

2008-12-10 Thread rcabral
Hi I dont know what was at the back of his mind when Miguelbab sort of justaposed Rev. Dr. Silva's lecture with corporal punishment. But if it was to show that the Jesuits always abhored corporal punishment then he should read the Ratio studiorum of the Jesuits and study the educational system

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-10 Thread Mario Goveia
--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Threat of Punishment Works, Study Suggests http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/threatofpunishmentworksstudysuggests Is this not commonly called Spare the rod and spoil the child? In the 17th century was

Re: [Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-09 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Threat of Punishment Works, Study Suggests http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/threatofpunishmentworksstudysuggests If one reads this report carefully and tries to understand what it says, it becomes

[Goanet] Old Practice as New Science

2008-12-08 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Threat of Punishment Works, Study Suggests http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/threatofpunishmentworksstudysuggests Is this not commonly called Spare the rod and spoil the child? In the 17th century was this not called The Inquisition? Regards, GL