On 2 September Michael Sylvester wrote:
It is my understanding that brevity is the hallmark
of good scientific writing and enterprises.
Perhaps the best response to that would be along the lines of one that
Mozart supposedly gave to Emperor Josef II when the latter said of one
of his works th
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:30:05 -0600, Michael Smith wrote:
> Mr. Palij.
*Mister* Palij? Okay, Mr. Smith. Just be careful with those wontons.
They can take an eye out.
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
> We have had conversations about this before. I have not included the
> original sta
On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:28:23 -0700, michael sylvester wrote:
First, to answer the question in the subject line, no, the Stanford
Prison Experiment (SPE) nor some of the things that Stanley Milgram
had people do like as for a seat on NYC subways when the
requester did not appear to be disabled, pre
This is an update on my previous post, analyses,
and data from the Forbes 400 "The Richest People
in the U.S." website. To be on this list one had
to have a net worth of at least $1.30 billion (in
order to keep the list to "400"; other lists on
the website provide info on all billionaire
TIPsters
Apologies for somewhat borderline psychological content here - though
I certainly think there is a social psychology aspect to this (i.e.,
mob behavior, social influence, etc).
I have become something of a political nutcase lately, and started a
blog a week or so ago. Last night
"In summary, what can one say about the richest 400minus2 people in the U.S.?"
I can say that the probability of a person living in the US being one of them
is approximately 0.013 so you might not want to choose your educational
goals based on your dream of becoming one of them.
Rick
Dr. R
I think you are right to be concerned given the extremely vile rhetoric
promoted by the anti-Obama factions. I think, along with the increase in white
supremacist activities (as tracked by the SPLC), there is potential for more
outbreaks of violence promoted now by religious extremists. Cer
Freedom of speech or not, you can't state that you want the president dead.
If you do, the Secret Service will try to find you. Last primary election,
someone said that he wanted Clinton dead in the voting office. The voting
office was across the street from our office and this was a homeless ma
Jane Elliot is described as "the chick"? Come nowregardless of how you feel
about Jane Elliot's work, there isn't a need to stoop to that level.
--Catherine
**
Catherine M. Wehlburg, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Institutional
Another way to express the issue is that your chances of being
one of the 400 richest billionaires are slightly less than
playing in the NBA.
Ken
Rick Froman wrote:
"In summary, what can one say about the richest 400minus2
people in the U.S.?"
I can say that the probability of a person li
Deb
I hope you are right, and I do hope the secret service and FBI are on
top of this stuff. As someone pointed out to me the other day, it
isn't the screamers who are the real danger - it is the silent ones -
the Timmothy McVeighs
As I mentioned to Paul on the blogsite, I would reall
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Hi All,
Jim Dougan wrote:
I hope you are right, and I do hope the secret service and FBI are on
top
of this stuff. As someone pointed out to me the other day, it isn't
the screamers who are the real danger - it is the
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