RE: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Laura Valvatne
I am both amazed and stunned by this conversation. Today I received the ad announcing Gazzaniga's Intro text. I was hurriedly uncluttering my office before leaving for the weekend and almost threw the add away, but then I thought, "What does Gazzaniga have to say to intro students?" I took a qui

Re: (Fwd) Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread taylor
OK, Now I have to put my 2 cents in: A thought a woman winning a marathon was quite reasonable and thought nothing of it. So when all this brou-ha-ha-ha-ha came up I checked yahoo and a quick search showed that more marathons were won by women with Eastern European surnames (gee is it OK to a

Gazzaniga's Chataqua course many years ago

2002-10-25 Thread David Hogberg
In the late 70s, I took a Chataqua short course from Mike on (something like) human consciousness. It was an awfully good experience as I found myself using several of his examples about a lot of things for many years afterward. One story he told and I don't remember the context involved a ski t

RE: (Fwd) Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Charles M. Huffman
Stephen Black stated: > It is both politically correct and accurate that a textbook cover > picture of an athletic event should show a black woman beating a > white. So why does the cover of Gazzaniga's textbook depict the > opposite? Hmmm. I am not aware of the athletic event that is depicted o

Re: (Fwd) Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Hank Goldstein
This is how I remember things, way back in the good ol' days when I co-edited "Controversial Issues in Learning" with Appleton-Century -Croft. Hank --- Hank Goldstein, | HOME: (563) 556-2115 Department of

Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Hank Goldstein
Right on, Nancy!!! Best wishes to all (and to all a good night), Hank --- Hank Goldstein, | HOME: (563) 556-2115 Department of Psychology | FAX: (563) 588-6789 Clarke College

Re: (Fwd) Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Harry Avis
I suspect that authors of large sale textbooks with the reputation of a Gazzaniga have some say about what goes on the cover, but speaking as an author of a textbook on a restricted subject, the author is not even consulted about the cover, at least I never was. I think a recall being asked for

Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Drnanjo
In a message dated 10/25/2002 7:24:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the picture on the cover of the new text depicts an atheletic event with a white chick coming first and the the black chics placing second and third respectively He has got this wrong, BTW. The Caucasian

(Fwd) Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Stephen Black
> Michael Sylvester wrote: > > > I have just received in the mail an ad for > > Michael Gazzaniga's Intro text.Now I dig this > > dude's past and current writings.But the picture > > on the cover of the new text depicts an atheletic > > event with a white chick coming first and the > > the bl

Position Announcement

2002-10-25 Thread Carpenter, David
I would like to alert TIP'sters to the following position opening, and alert any non-TIP'sters that might be interested to the opportunity.    Thanks, Dave     Position Announcement   ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY.  The Department of Psychology invites applicants for a newly approved tenure-

Re: location location location

2002-10-25 Thread Patrick O. Dolan
I can't imagine how the school wouldn't make a difference.  Objective measures like salary, teaching load, quality of students, quality of colleagues, research support and other available resources, financial stability of the university, etc.  can vary widely between seemingly similar school

Fw: Humor: Hidden Brain Damage Scale

2002-10-25 Thread Ronald C. Blue
> > http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/hbd.htm > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Paul Smith
Sylvester wrote: > I have just received in the mail an ad for > Michael Gazzaniga's Intro text.Now I dig this > dude's past and current writings.But the picture > on the cover of the new text depicts an atheletic > event with a white chick coming first and the > the black chics placing second

Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Jean-Marc Perreault
Hi Donald, I have to admit I am amused by all the fuss created over Micheal Sylvester. I find him to be creative after all (some of his ideas ARE farfetched after all!!). One thing all Tipsters should remember is that most (if not all) email programs include filters which can block out em

Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Donald H. McBurney
After a long vacation from TIPS induced largely by Michael Sylvester fatigue, I have returned to find that not much has changed. Before I follow the crowds who have left for good, I nominate M.S. as Trickster of the Year, for managing to tie the list up in endless, pointless diversions. don

Re: Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread sylvestm
>On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:57:13 -0500 "Hank Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. >All you have to do is examine a mirror image of the cover and all wrongs >are righted!!! > >P.S. Who was the top female in this year's Chicago marathon? Please note that one or two exceptions may not be statistically

Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread Hank Goldstein
All you have to do is examine a mirror image of the cover and all wrongs are righted!!! P.S. Who was the top female in this year's Chicago marathon??? --- Hank Goldstein, | HOME: (563) 556-2115 Department

Gazzaniga's Intro text

2002-10-25 Thread sylvestm
I have just received in the mail an ad for Michael Gazzaniga's Intro text.Now I dig this dude's past and current writings.But the picture on the cover of the new text depicts an atheletic event with a white chick coming first and the the black chics placing second and third respectively. With

Re: Interfaith attendance (was: Hungarian Jewish student)

2002-10-25 Thread James Guinee
> For justifiable historical reasons, Jews have good reason to be wary > of the motives of Christians, including or even especially those who > might want to attend synagogue services. > > Stephen Absolutely. Goes back to the first Christians, an unruly bunch who got themselves tossed out of

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-25 Thread James Guinee
> > I've read an excellent biography of Freud that claims he drew more > > inspiration for his ideas (e.g., the Talmud) than he claimed. > I believe David Bakan wrote a book called _Freud and the Jewish Mystical > Tradition_. You might have a look at that. > -- > Christopher D. Green Thanks!!

Re: Freud and the Kabbalah

2002-10-25 Thread James Guinee
Ugh. We don't have any choice NOW > From: "Mike Scoles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Must we endure circumcision jokes? > > Is this Jewish week on Tips? > > Michael Sylvester,PhD --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: tips digest: October 24, 2002

2002-10-25 Thread Esther Yoder Strahan
Allen, I have really appreciated your posts over the last few weeks. Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I teach History and Systems but my knowledge of the topic is so shallow that I am always eager to get a bit more information. Perhaps we can create a prize not tainted by the d

Re: Interfaith attendance (was: Hungarian Jewish student)

2002-10-25 Thread Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.
Stephen Black wrote: > > 1) A general reason > > All religions have rituals of profound significance to its > practitioners. To non-believers, however, those practices can seem > bizarre, superstitious, and incomprehensible. One can understand the > discomfort of the believers to have to expose t