Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundamentalists?

2009-11-23 Thread Allen Esterson
Mike Palij writes in relation to the promotion of Ray Comfort's edition of On the Origin of Species: I have no familiarity with Kirk Cameron, an actor, who was on the show and who authored the introduction as well as handing out copies of the free Darwin on Perdue's campus. I assume this is just

RE: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundament

2009-11-23 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
It's hit Emory (there was some coverage of it in our college newspaper), and the response here from the students seemed to be a large collective yawn. But perhaps it will have an effect on a few students without much biology training; I hope not. One advantage of a big and intellectually

Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundamentalists?

2009-11-23 Thread sblack
Ah, a chance to simultaneously tweak _both_ Mike Palij and Allen Esterson cannot be denied (even if I will soon be made to pay for it). Their shocking illiteracy astounds me. First Mike: I have no familiarity with Kirk Cameron, an actor, who was on the show and who authored the introduction

Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundamentalists?

2009-11-23 Thread Allen Esterson
When I typed that Americanism (I like to join in with the local vernacular :-) ) it looked wrong, so I tried a Google search. The first one, Urban Dictionary came up with cooky - Someone you find to be a bit strange. Just shows you should always look for a second opinion when using Google!

Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundamentalists?

2009-11-23 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:32 -0800, Stephen Black wrote: Ah, a chance to simultaneously tweak _both_ Mike Palij and Allen Esterson cannot be denied (even if I will soon be made to pay for it). YOU'RE GOING DOWN STEPHEN BLACK ;-) Their shocking illiteracy astounds me. Hey, I'm an

[tips] Book group: The College Fear Factor

2009-11-23 Thread Frantz, Sue
Hi all, Last week Chris Green pointed us to the new book, The College Fear Factor. Despite best intentions, today's first-generation college students and their professors 'misunderstand and ultimately fail one another' in the classroom, according to a new scholarly work on community

RE: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundamentalists?

2009-11-23 Thread Dennis Goff
You can see Richard Dawkins' response to this silliness on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3MLJUOW9NE tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/yjraqqf Dennis -- Dennis M. Goff Charles

[tips] FW: [NOVA] What Are Dreams?

2009-11-23 Thread Pollak, Edward
Fire up the VCRs.. - Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania epol...@wcupa.edu http://home.comcast.net/~epollak

Re: [tips] FW: [NOVA] What Are Dreams?

2009-11-23 Thread taylor
Ed, you still using that old technology? ;) I wish I was; it's so hard to figure out how to burn a DVD that will play at school from my DVR device at home :( Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110

[tips] small minds preoccupied with small typographical errors

2009-11-23 Thread Ken Steele
APA puts the spin on the 6th ed issues - http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/page/2/ --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu

Re: [tips] small minds preoccupied with small typographical errors

2009-11-23 Thread Serafin, John
HaHa, when I saw your subject line, it made me think of Stephen Black's recent comments about the typos in Mike's and Allen's posts (both of whom are obviously preoccupied with food issues). Glad to see that wasn't where you were going. :) Yeah, it is spin. Can't disagree with that. But this,

Re: [tips] small minds preoccupied with small typographical errors

2009-11-23 Thread William Scott
APA as our spin representatives... Seems a long way from APA's origins as a scientific society. Factual reporting appears no longer to be a goal of the organization. Bill Scott Serafin, John john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu 11/23/09 5:40 PM HaHa, when I saw your subject line, it made me

[tips] Happy Tipsgiving

2009-11-23 Thread
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Re: [tips] small minds preoccupied with small typographical errors

2009-11-23 Thread taylor
I got pages to insert into my existing copy because mine was a free desk copy and those will not be replaced. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message

Re:[tips] The value of email discussion lists

2009-11-23 Thread Richard Hake
Some TIPsters might be interested in a recent post Re: The value of email discussion lists [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ABSTRACT: I list some of the advantages of email discussion lists as given in posts titled The value of email discussion