At 1:42 PM -0400 9/25/01, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:00:18 -0500 Mike Scoles
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> While I'm on a rant about the publication manual, the
>> subjects/participants distinction seems silly.
>
>What is the distinction according to the APA manual?
>
>As
At 12:00 PM -0500 9/25/01, Mike Scoles wrote:
>While I'm on a rant about the publication manual, the
>subjects/participants distinction seems silly.
When sentences have participants and objects I will use the term when
referring to the subjects of research.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [
Just one slight amendment:
At 10:22 AM -0400 9/21/01, Tom Allaway wrote:
> Just a couple of points:
>
> * Parsimony is certainly a principle rather than a law; it is a rule to
>guide our thinking. It is best called a heuristic.* * Parsimony does
>not say everything is simple. It says th
At 1:30 PM -0400 9/20/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone! I haven't posted here before so I'll beg your indulgence
>>if I'm
>> asking too much
>>
>> One of my students asked a question that I don't have an answer for:
>> Is there a link, a
At 12:47 PM -0400 9/20/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>A less ambiguous answer to the question is in an article titled
>"Rational Fanatics" by Ehud Sprinzak (at
>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_SeptOct_2001/sprinzak.html),
>originally published in _Foreign Policy, Sept/Oct 2000). He
>provides an inf
At 1:20 PM -0500 9/19/01, Rick Froman wrote:
>I suppose Dawkins might be disturbed to note the irony that his comments
>place him in the same class of broad brush blamers as the Falwells and
>Robertsons of the world.
I don't recall Dawkins threatening to drop any meteors on New York.
Something el
At 10:22 AM -0500 9/19/01, Jim Dougan wrote:
>I thought people might find this thought-provoking. It certainly has that
>old Dawkins flair, does it not?
>>Would they fall for it? Yes, testosterone-sodden young men too
>>unattractive to get a woman in this world might be desperate
>>enough to go
At 9:44 PM -0700 9/16/01, Payam Heidary wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I am copying a letter below from an "Afghani" that was
>posted on a discussion board I saw. It is a good
>example that illustrates the need to make a
>distinction between the actions and desires of country
>leaders and those who l
The basic learning principles that account for thinking of a name
associated with a place are obvious enough. You might have considered them
before posting this message with its implications.
>As soon as the news reports about the suspects receiving flight training
>in Florida were broadcast, Mi
At 1:40 PM -0400 9/14/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> Let get to the roots of the past and current factors that contribute
>to that type of insanity.
The roots of the problems in the Middle East go back _at least_ 2000 years.
So far, you haven't mentioned anything further back than 50.
* PAUL K
At 1:17 PM -0400 9/14/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Paul Brandon wrote:
>
>> At 11:46 AM -0400 9/14/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>> >Give back the land to the Palestinians and halt Israeli
>> >expansionism.
>>
>> Which lands?
&
At 1:20 PM -0400 9/14/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>
>> As the great historian, Burkehardt said, "beware the simplifiers!"
>>
>>
>> Make it a good day.
>>
>
> how about the law of parsimony. Why look for complex solutions
>if a simple solution would do.
At 11:46 AM -0400 9/14/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>Give back the land to the Palestinians and halt Israeli
>expansionism.
Which lands?
What land is there in the former British Mandate that both Israelis and
Palestinians do not claim (and with some validity)?
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EM
At 8:13 PM -0500 9/12/01, Paul Smith wrote:
>Hey Gary et al., how about this one? It appeared today on a message board on
>which I participate:
>
>>
>>Nostradamus' prediction on WW3:
>>
>>"In the year of the new century and nine months,
>>From the sky will come a great King of T
At 9:31 AM -0700 9/11/01, Payam Heidary wrote:
>Paul,
>
>Please read more carefully what I am saying. I am just
>saying that we must be CAREFUL and wait for more
>details and information from the authorities and
>critically evaluate it before we call anything a
>"terrorist act" and before we blame
At 7:53 AM -0700 9/11/01, Payam Heidary wrote:
>Paul,
>
>You should not be so quick to blame the tragedy on
>"terrorist acts" without sufficient evidence to
>support this claim. This is what the media likes to do
>on a regular basis which only serves to perpetuate
>myths and stereotypes in our soc
At 1:45 PM -0400 9/10/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>somewhere I read that girls learn more and have greater academic successes
>in those schools than attending co-ed institutions.
>is this currently valid and reliable?
Only if the young women are randomly assigned to the institutions, and the
ins
> I'm astounded at your ability to get things wrong on multiple
>levels. A little attention to the facts would go a LONG way, you know.
How Eurocentric ;-)
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall
At 8:56 AM -0400 9/5/01, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
>Chuck:
>
>Classical conditioning of paramecia has been a controversial
>topic. One problem in the case below is that both the CS and
>the UCS are the same type of event thus making it difficult to
>determine whether or not the backing up represen
At 3:28 PM -0400 9/4/01, Beth Benoit wrote:
>TIPSters,
>With the attack and subsequent death of yet another child in a shark attack,
>the tongue-in-cheek joking on TIPS about attracting/repelling sharks makes
>me uncomfortable. Think we can tone it down?
Or maybe deal with real problems.
What is
At 9:49 AM -0400 8/31/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>I am toying with the idea of conducting experiments in shark infested
>waters in the Daytona Beach area.My plan will be to go into the water
>and start playing recordings of Mozart to see if the calming effect
>of the music will deter the sharks
At 1:11 AM -0500 8/29/01, Mike Lee wrote:
> On a related note
>
> Ritalin Acts Like 'Cocaine Dripped Through Molasses'
> Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
More to the point, this article does not really address the question of
whether Ritalin, et.al. affect individuals diag
Of course, much of Sociology (the degree in question) has abandoned any
pretense to science-as-we-know-it.
Has Sociology become a social disease?
At 12:45 AM -0400 8/29/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>Joe Horton drew our attention to a news report that the
>Astrological Institute in Phoenix recently re
At 4:38 PM -0500 8/28/01, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote:
>Another interesting (at least to me) article.
>
>Cage life may drive lab animals so insane
> that experiments are invalid
>
> James Meek
> Guardian
>
> Tuesday August 28, 2001
>
> It is a scientist's reward: after feeding a laboratory mouse
At 8:40 PM -0400 8/19/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>This morning I was watching a 1995 Merrow Report installment that alledged
>that CHADD, a leading advocacy group for children with ADD, receives 20% of
>its funding from Ciba-Geigy, the pharmaceutical company that makes
>you-know-what drug.
>
>I
At 10:51 AM -0400 8/17/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>When Skinner wrote the piece "Are theories of Learning necessary?"
>was he focusing more on laws or principles or relationships?
>
>Michael Sylvester,PhD
>Daytona Beach,Florida
He was concerned with the nature of that set of scientific principl
At 1:19 AM + 8/16/01, Richard Pisacreta wrote:
> As I was taught, a Law is a description of a function, a relation between
>two or more phenomena, that holds true 100% of the time. A law must be
>represented mathematically so that various values can be entered and produce
>precise mathematica
At 5:09 PM + 8/14/01, Richard Pisacreta wrote:
>
>Hey Folks:
>
>Most of us cover the Law of Effect in the learning chapter of our intro
>courses. I have a question. Laws usually involve some precise mathematics,
>e.g., Newton's Law of Gravity, the gas laws. The Law of Effect doesn't
>provide s
At 10:55 AM -0400 7/31/01, Larry Z. Daily wrote:
>It seems to me that time spent studying isn't the only factor that
>influences GPA. I can't believe there's no mention made about the method of
>studying that the students used. A student who goes through the book simply
>highlighting isn't going t
At 2:37 PM -0500 7/30/01, Rick Froman wrote:
>I appreciate that behavioristic accounts don't require mechanisms, only
>stimulus-response connections. I teach that negative reinforcement is when
>the removal of a stimulus is followed by an increase in the behavior. But,
>what stimulus is removed in
At 10:58 AM -0400 7/30/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>> At 12:42 PM -0400 7/29/01, K. Kleissler wrote:
>
>> >I need some help in analyzing a situation as to operant vs. classical
>> >conditioning. The scenario is this:
>
>Paul Brandon replied:
>>
>> Fo
At 1:18 PM -0500 7/29/01, Rick Froman wrote:
>It is avoidance learning. There are some behavioristic explanations for it
>but there are problems. If it is operant, what is reinforcing the behavior?
>Not hitting your head? Can a lack of a stimulus be a reinforcer?
>If so then
>why doesn't not hitt
At 1:18 PM -0500 7/29/01, Rick Froman wrote:
>It is avoidance learning. There are some behavioristic explanations for it
Behavioral explanations account for behavior by looking for the conditions
under which the behavior typically occurs and for regularities ion
behavior<=>environment relationshi
At 12:42 PM -0400 7/29/01, K. Kleissler wrote:
>Hi Tipsters,
>I need some help in analyzing a situation as to operant vs. classical
>conditioning. The scenario is this:
>A person is walking through a room with a low beam and hits his head on
>it. The next time the person walks through the room, he
At 2:03 PM -0400 6/9/01, Rick Adams wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>
>
>> TIPS seems to be working extremely well as it is currently
>> configured. I'd resist the pressures from the IT people to
>> implement some sort of package whose primary purpose is
>> running a Web-based bulletin board type discu
At 3:33 PM -0400 6/7/01, Bill Southerly wrote:
>3.Most likely, there will be some major changes on how TIPS operates.
>This will all depend on what software is adopted and what
>features it provides. My hope, is that the new software will
>allow me to do many more things with TIPS th
At 10:21 AM -0400 6/1/01, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
>Michael:
>
>I don't think that we are in disagreement. By "professional" I
>meant a career in the arena that represents the profession in
>governmental circles, etc. Many of us are doing what we want to
>do in other areas of psychology, with su
At 9:07 AM -0500 5/31/01, Jim Guinee wrote:
>I have a tremendous amount of respect of Ed Diener (ever since I sat in his
>class as a little freshman), but I wonder about the use of such a letter.
>
>It seems that if you're gonna quit, then quit, and if you're gonna stay, then
>stay. But threaten
At 6:10 PM -0400 5/23/01, David wrote:
>Um... er... discuss.
>
>The investigators, Dr. Asbjorn Hrobjartsson and Dr. Peter C. Gotzsche
>analyzed 114 published studies involving about 7,500 patients with 40
>different conditions. They found no support for the common notion that
>about a third of
>Researchers Debunk Placebo Effect, Saying It's Only a Myth
The next debunking, of course, will be meta-analysis (literally: "beyond
analysis").
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 560
At 6:24 PM -0500 5/17/01, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote:
>>> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 21:06:30 -0400
>>> From: Scott Lilienfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> I am writing this message to inform you of what I believe to be
>>>some deeply disturbing developments at the American Psychologist, as well
>
At 9:24 PM -0400 5/16/01, Dave Myers wrote:
>Curious about Robert Spitzer's widely reported study of '200 Subjects Who
>Claim to Have Changed Their Sexual Orientation from Homosexual to
>Heterosexual,' I obtained a copy last weekend, drafted a synopsis and some
>reflections for my file, and then
At 12:35 PM -0400 5/10/01, Robin Pearce wrote:
>On Thu, 10 May 2001, Jim Guinee wrote:
>
>> Study: Can Gays Go Straight?
>>
>
>I don't see why it's hard to believe that some portion of the gay
>population can learn to behave and respond in a heterosexual manner if
>they want to.
Sure Rock H
Where is John Allen Paulos when we need him?
At 12:45 PM -0500 5/4/01, jim clark wrote:
>Hi
>
>Rick cited the Best article, which is good. It had also been
>mentioned recently on the sci.stats.edu newsgroup, in particular
>an allusion to Best's discussion of a statement in a 1995 journal
>articl
At 9:46 AM -0500 5/2/01, Chuck Huff wrote:
>Colleagues,
>Just to let you know that I am already a member of the Luxuriant
>Flowing Hair Club for Scientists.
Well, thirty years ago .
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* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State U
If you dig deep enough, it's on my Web site (no, not the rat;-).
I suspect the same is true for at least some other Tipsters.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6
At 1:11 PM -0400 5/1/01, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>I do, even if my handwriting resembles Sumerian cunieform.
Try using chalk instead of a hammer and chisel ;-)
>Too often I
>find that powerpoint presentations are just glorified, high-tech, boring
>overheads.
I agree!
We've been trying to get away
At 11:18 AM -0600 5/1/01, Jim Guinee wrote:
>Not my area, but I found it interesting nonetheless. Am curious to hear
>others' reactions...JPG
>
>> "Addiction Is a Brain Disease"
>> "Whether addicts are 'victims' or not, once addicted they must be seen as
>> 'brain disease patients.'"
>>
>> Opini
At 7:49 PM -0400 4/30/01, Pollak, Edward wrote:
>I thought some of you folks might be interested in this
>Ed
>>
>> Mirror Tests Reflect Dolphins' Intelligence
>> By Will Dunham
>>
>> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a reflection of their intelligence, bottlenose
>> dolphins named Presley
At 5:28 PM -0400 4/28/01, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
>Hank:
>
>Before you go...
>
>Would you write a vignette that captures Kenneth Spence as a
>person, or researcher, or psychologist, or whatever you choose.
>I am always looking for stories that characterize the people I
>mention in class.
>
>I sen
At 11:39 AM -0400 4/25/01, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>It is real to the believers. They act and respond as if it is real.
>Doesn't that make it "real," or, at least, their reality?
Mostly, this makes the word "real" meaningless.
You're changing its definition in midstream.
* PAUL K. BRANDON
At 12:34 PM -0400 4/25/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Steven Specht wrote:
>
>> A true experimentalist would have LOTS of problems with this design!
>> What about experimenter bias? What about effects of observation on the
>> dependent variable? What about confounding extraneou
At 10:03 AM -0500 4/25/01, Mike Scoles wrote:
>Jim Guinee wrote:
>
>> Nevertheless, while the devil seems a bit of the stuff that
>> myths are made of, there are far too many references in the the New AND
>> Old Testament (or Torah, if you prefer) to easily dismiss his existence.
>
>Perhaps others
At 2:23 PM -0400 4/24/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> Observations (not one observation) is another form of research
>methodology.Not all topics are researchable.One ought to distinguish
>opinion from observations.
Well (if not grammatically) said.
Unfortunately, all forms of research methodology
At 2:36 PM -0400 4/24/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> What is more real a confirmation bias or a scientific hypothesis?
Apples are definitely more real than oranges!
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong
At 12:42 PM -0400 4/24/01, Beth Benoit wrote:
> I've just begun to read a very interesting document, available only
>online >from Barnes & Noble (as far as I know), and think if others find
>it interesting, it would be a good new thread.
>
> The document is called The Lucifer Principle, by Har
At 10:47 PM -0400 4/23/01, Ann Calhoun-Sauls wrote:
>Actually, this question was prompted by a student who had the same "only in
>selfish, self-centered America" reaction to my discussion of the topic.
This assumes, of course, that there is one monolythic 'Amurican' culture.
Out here in (semi)rur
At 9:34 PM -0400 4/23/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Jim Guinee wrote:
>>
>> How close is science to understanding the most likely cause of the aging
>> process?
>>
>> Huh. Just I want -- again, to be 16...young, energetic, and pimple-faced.
>
>Jim, you're in luck. I just happen
At 1:49 PM -0400 4/23/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
"whatever goes around,comes around".
But once is enough!
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
*http:
At 12:43 PM -0400 4/23/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Paul Brandon wrote:
>
>> At 11:07 AM -0400 4/23/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>> >of all the topics in Psychology,the one that appears to be contrived
>> >and artificial is the subject of le
At 11:07 AM -0400 4/23/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>of all the topics in Psychology,the one that appears to be contrived
>and artificial is the subject of learning.
You've made this statement (troll) before.
The answer hasn't changed.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psych
At 10:02 AM -0400 4/23/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> is it still true that a grad student is allowed to have
>only one C in couses taken?
>(for example : stats)
That's our policy (but we usually shoot them first ;-).
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept
At 9:46 AM -0400 4/18/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>I usually say" good morning" to my class when I enter the room.
>But I have observed no return of the same from the students.
>How should this be interpreted?
>Since I do not get a response,should I discontinue the practice?
How early is it?
Are
>Historian to the rescue!
>
>
>This is from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Schenck v. U.S.
>(1919), setting limits on the freedom of speech guaranteed by the
>First Amendment to the Constitution. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes,
>Junior, wrote: "The most stringent protection of free speech w
At 3:05 PM -0400 4/14/01, Rick Adams wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>
>> But something about the right to shout "fire!" in a crowded theatre?
>
> That particular quote (usually attributed to a US Supreme Court Chief
>Justice) happens to be an urban myth--it was never uttered in the court.
Olive
At 4:51 PM -0400 4/13/01, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>Well, the real test of a comittment to a right such as free speech is to
>defend its exercise when you disagree with the content of the expression.
>Support of a right applauds the right, not necessarily the manner in which
>it is used or its ends.
At 9:19 AM -0500 4/12/01, Deborah Hume wrote:
>Maybe it is too early in the morning and I'm feeling a bit prickly, but this
>certainly rubbed me the wrong way. Leaving aside for the moment the
>possibility that there are some valid critiques of traditional western
>scientific methodology, how is
At 4:49 PM -0500 4/11/01, Timmerman, Thomas wrote:
>Paul Brandon wrote:
>> And finally, the volume of social services delivered
>> publically is an order of magnitude greater than that delivered privately.
>
>I wonder how these would compare if the publicly-delivered
>
At 8:18 AM -0500 4/12/01, Paul Smith wrote:
>some "deconstructive intelligence", "invalid inference
>intelligence", and "tolerance for logical contradiction intelligence" have
>apparently rubbed off on me.
Yellow laundry soap will take it off.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 9:27 AM -0400 4/11/01, Dave Myers wrote:
>This is, indeed, a very stimulating critique of religion. Enough so that,
>some
>time after reading it, I penned a response, which, coincidentally, was just
>distributed electronically today by the University of Chicago's Public
>Religion
>project (se
At 11:21 AM -0400 4/11/01, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> re Judaic theology
> what does that have to do with the teaching of psychology?
>
>Michael Sylvester,PhD
>Daytona Beach,Florida
Read the statement at the end of my post on the topic.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psyc
At 3:31 PM -0600 4/9/01, Jim Guinee wrote:
>> Dear God,
>> Why didn't you save the school children in Littleton, Colorado?
>> Sincerely,
>> A Concerned Student
>>
>> Dear Concerned Student,
>> I am not allowed in schools.
>> Sincerely,
>> God
>
>Not sure how I feel about this, but a friend forwar
At 8:40 AM -0400 4/10/01, Roig Miguel wrote:
>Some of you may find the following article of interest:
>C u s t o m e r s & M a r k e t s : The Cuss Words of Academe
>
>By Craig Swenson who is Regional Vice President at the University of Phoenix
>It may be found at:
>http://www.aahe.org/change/so98
At 4:58 PM -0700 4/9/01, Weisskirch, Rob wrote:
>TIPSurvivors,
>
>Yes, lower income, uneducated folk buy lottery tickets. But, I buy them
>when I know I have a day full of meetings. I make an extra effort to buy
>one when I know I have those events I have to make an appearance at. This
>way, as
At 8:22 PM -0400 4/6/01, Pollak, Edward wrote:
>Linda wrote
>> While a number of the Mizvot seem to have no logic behind them, the
>> prohibition against the above is speculated as follows - It would be too
>> cruel for the mother to endure having their young killed in front of
>> them (something
I'd rather hoped that someone more knowledgeable in Judaic theology would
deal with this, but here goes:
> There are other offenses you omitted, such as adultery. I'm not a
> biblical scholar, but let me say a few things. For one, homosexuality is
> not only condemned in the Old but also th
At 12:37 PM -0500 4/5/01, David G Thomas wrote:
>Paul
>
>I disagree that Einstein hated quantum mechanics.
>In fact, he was one of the original contributors to quantum theory.
Both statements are true (see Sephen Black's quote on the Good Lord
throwing dice).
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMA
At 11:24 AM -0500 4/5/01, Kenneth M. Steele wrote:
>On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 10:36:43 -0500 Paul Brandon
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't think that Psychology was ever dominated by _radical_ behaviorism.
>> NeoHullian behaviorism maybe, but tha
At 11:12 AM -0400 4/5/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Paul Brandon wrote:
>>
>> Again, this is supposition, not established physical fact.
>>
>> WWES
>>
>> (What would Einstein say)?
>>
>
>He would say: "At any rate, I am con
At 10:24 AM -0400 4/4/01, Miguel Roig wrote:
>At 01:19 PM 4/3/01 -0500, Paul wrote:
>
>>For the scientist, nothing is impossible; just very improbable.
Jim Clark has addressed these issues nicely.
>
>>BTW: Skinner coined the term "radical behaviorism" as an extension of
>>radical as in root --
A couple of distinctions that ought to be made:
1) Predeterminism =/= determinism.
"Determined" is a rather broad category, as the mathematics of nonlinear
dynamics demonstrate.
2) There is some speculation in physics that time has not been constant.
This is not the same as saying that its dir
At 4:47 PM -0400 4/4/01, Rick Adams wrote:
QM does _question_ the whole concept of causation, 'tho I don't think
that the physicists have agreed on any given interpretation.
However (and it's a big one), these effects have only been clearly
demonstrated at the submolecular level. There are
At 2:10 PM -0400 4/4/01, Miguel Roig wrote:
>At 12:18 PM 4/4/01 -0500, Jim Clark, in response to my reply, wrote:
>
>>You might want to look at some of Stenger's work (his book
>>Physics and Psychics, Quantum Quackery in Skeptical Inquirer).
or on the same topic...
http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-0
At 12:56 PM -0400 4/3/01, Roig Miguel wrote:
>"for the _radical_ skeptic, there is no psi involved; that is, psi does not
>exist".
>
>When it comes to psi and skepticism, I like to distinguish between 'regular
>skepticism' (for lack of a better term) and 'radical skepticism'. A
>distinction anal
There are positive and negative aspects to the use of M-C questions.
Like some list members, I used to view them as an evil necessitated by
large sections. More recently, I've come to realize that the question is
not so simple.
The behavior sampled by a M-C question is trivial -- it's drawing a
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At 12:02 PM -0500 3/27/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Jeff Ricker wrote:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > Jeff:
>> > Do you know if it's [the cartoon is] available online?
>> > thanks
>> > annette
>>
>> Yes, you can find it at:
>>
>>
>>http://www.cartoonbank.com/cartoon_closeu
At 8:56 AM -0600 3/27/01, Jim Guinee wrote:
>Maybe you're right -- maybe there are just some things that just can't be
>integrated into the classroom.
At least, in _the same_ classroom at the sec ondary school level.
>On the other hand, it seems that non-religious scientists are free to ignore,
study of creation
myths is in comparative religion classes. There is little enough time in
Biology to cover evolution properly, and science teachers are not
necessarily trained in comparative religion.
At 12:03 PM -0600 3/24/01, Paul Brandon wrote:
>At 5:15 PM -0500 3/23/01, Stephen Black wrote:
At 5:15 PM -0500 3/23/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote:
>
>> Good news. The Arkansas house voted down the anti-evilution bill this
>> morning.
>
>
>Ah, yes. Evolution is the evil work of the devil. Was that
>intentiona
At 8:52 AM -0600 3/23/01, Mike Scoles wrote:
>But the pace is too fast there. Here, it is much slower. In fact we
>move backwards in time.
>
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/548017.asp?cp1=1#BODY
I think that the term is 'devolution'.
The good news is...
On the same site, there was a vote on the evid
At 8:45 PM -0600 3/21/01, G. Marc Turner wrote:
>One other point that should be made about LCD projectors...
>
>Remember to factor in the cost of replacement bulbs. Some of our old
>projectors had replacement bulbs that cost over $400 a piece. Our new
>projector uses bulbs around $280. This is a g
At 8:30 AM -0600 3/20/01, Jean Edwards wrote:
> Good morning all: A student asked a question regarding the use of
>"invisible" fences. A dog wears a collar that delivers a mild shock
>whenever the dog crosses over the boundary and learns not to cross the
>boundary. Is this an example of ope
At 8:29 PM -0800 3/19/01, K Jung wrote:
>I have a somewhat uncomfortable situation that has developed over the past
>3 class sessions. (or maybe I finally noticed it.) I have a bright male
>student who sits in the front (of course) and I've noticed that during my
>lecture he is winking at me
At 10:48 AM -0500 3/19/01, Steven Specht wrote:
>But is it really forgotten (see "savings effect")?
Depends upon how much is 'saved' (see clinical vs. statistical significance).
>Paul Brandon wrote:
>
>> Because it promotes cramming (see spaced vs. massed
Because it promotes cramming (see spaced vs. massed practice).
Material tends to be learned the night before and forgotten the next day.
At 8:50 AM -0600 3/19/01, Hatcher, Joe wrote:
>Hello all,
> Over the years I have learned the danger of being certain about
>anything concerning teaching,
At 3:37 PM -0500 3/8/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Gerald Henkel-Johnson wrote:
>
>> I have a unique request. A fellow instructor in our department is
>> teaching a human sexuality class. She mentioned she once saw a video
>> which showed an elephant's erect prehensile penis (a q
At 7:59 AM -0400 3/7/01, Charles S. Harris wrote:
>Al Cone wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>> I think we can claim Georg von Bekesy who got the Nobel Prize for
>> Physiology or Medicine in 1961. He was at Harvard from 1947 to 1966
>
>..where he was in fact a member of the Department of Psychology,
>having co
At 8:42 AM -0600 3/7/01, Jim Guinee wrote:
>> >The author contends that the age-day theory is the option that best fits
>> >biblical wording and geological evidence. Yet, he also points out that
>> >a) there is no way to be dogmatic about this, and b) the age of the
>> >universe is a topic that
At 2:38 PM -0600 3/6/01, Cone, Al wrote:
>Folks,
>I thing we can claim Georg von Bekesy who got the Nobel Prize for Physiology
>or Medicine in 1961. He was at Harvard from 1947 to 1966 after which he was
>professor of sensory sciences at the University of Hawaii. On the basis of
>his work in audi
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