David wrote:
But last weekend I saw an escalation:
A "darwin" fish swimming left to right, with a larger fish eating it
swimming right to left, labeled "truth"
Argh. I think they're not just in Kansas anymore.
Next step:
The above with a grinning monkey holding the
I came in this morning and noticed that there were no new messages. Is
TIPS dying out? Oh well, I'll send out to you some thought I was having
this morning and see if any of you nibble.
In teaching my courses, I often think about what seems to be a gulf
between how I view the world and how many
A student asked if I thought that there is a curse on the Kennedy family,
given all the noted tragedies.
I told him that I was unable to consult the higher powers,but I gave him
the following ideas to consider:
Selective attention:
The media seem to be concentrating on that family because of
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How about using the true-false questions that are frequently supplied in
the first chapter of books (Myers instructor packet contains some for each
chapter), etc?
At 04:51 PM 8/23/99 -0400, Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote:
Hi Tipsters
I'm making a web page for my fall general psych class. On the
Jeff Ricker wrote:
I came in this morning and noticed that there were no new messages. Is
TIPS dying out? Oh well, I'll send out to you some thought I
was having this morning and see if any of you nibble.
Ok, you got me. My favorite topic...
In teaching my courses, I often think
The APS web site has a today in psychology feature where I have students
look up what happened on their birthday.
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Jeff, let me give you my first take on this interesting question of faith
vs. proof. It may be a disguised way of saying religion vs. science--and
old but never-ending topic--especially for your students who don't believe
in evolution.
Now understand that I am neither a fundamentalist
Louis_Schmier wrote:
Jeff, let me give you my first take on this interesting question of faith
vs. proof. It may be a disguised way of saying religion vs. science
As others have pointed out, "proof" isn't part of science.
Science has a power and authority to deal with quiestions of
Paul C. Smith writes on 24 Aug 99,:
Ok, you got me. My favorite topic...
Jeff Ricker wrote:
According to my dictionary, faith is an "unquestioning belief that DOES
NOT REQUIRE proof or evidence." In a post I wrote last February, I said
that:
"...this definition paints an ideal
Rick Froman wrote:
I prefer the following definition of faith I found in
Webster's Third New International Dictionary - Unabridged. It makes a
slight
modification that I think makes a big difference. The definition of
"faith" is "firm
or unquestioning belief in something for which there is
From: Finance - Internet Daily 08/23/1999
11 million are Web addicts
A Connecticut psychotherapist says his research shows that slmost six
percent of Web users suffer from addiction to the World Wide Web. David
Greenfield told the American Psychological Assn. meeting in Boston this
weekend,
Jeff Ricker wrote:
In teaching the _science_ of psychology, we are trying to help develop
in them a worldview where faith has no place.
I firmly believe that psychology is a science, and I have expressed my
frustration on this list at not being able to convince my students that
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Rick Froman wrote:
I have a good example of this from recent TIPS discussions. How is it that a
person can accept without question the notion that legalizing abortion has
had a direct influence on lowering the crime rate while ridiculing the idea that
removing
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