[tips] Advice needed

2010-08-26 Thread michael sylvester
One of my students-who is a single mom and strip dances at a high end gentleman's club to help pay her way through college-has invited me to come see her act. Should I accept? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org

[tips] 100 years of a cardinal trait

2010-08-26 Thread michael sylvester
Following the London line of trait theorists(Cattel,Eysenk'Allport et al),a cardinal trait is a personality characteristic that permeatrs virtually all aspects of a person's life.In this sense Mother Teresa would be the quintessential altruistic and selfless individual. Happy 100th. Michael "o

Re: [tips] Conservapedia and the Deutsche Physik: When Ideology Drives Science

2010-08-26 Thread Allen Esterson
Mike Palij writes: >Allen, I really don't know what is wrong with you because given >the larger issues raised by my original post (i.e., the role of >Conservapedia, the concept of Deutsche Physik and it's re-emergence >in right-wring media, and role that ideology can play in defining >and the condu

[tips] TIPSTERS OF THE WEEK

2010-08-26 Thread michael sylvester
THE MINERS IN CHILE The survival strategies of those trapped miners and the applied strategic adjustment paradigm devised by the Chilean ministry of health and the supporting psychiatric teams are lessons and yeachable moments that are of existential import for all.

Re: [tips] Conservapedia and the Deutsche Physik: When Ideology Drives Science

2010-08-26 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:03:01 -0700, Allen Esterson wrote: >Mike Palij started his response (below) to my pointing out that his >assertion that Heisenberg was "well connected to high ranking Nazi >Heinrich Himmler" is misleading as follows: >> Well, as you say, it depends upon what one means by "w

[tips] Random Thought: China Diary 12, Student Whisperer

2010-08-26 Thread Louis E. Schmier
June 23rd. Diary, I got up this morning thinking about Joseph Campbell who said we should follow our bliss. I think he's right. Life in general, teaching in particular, is not about doing only what makes sense, not just transmitting information; more importantly, it's also doing wha