Re: [tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?

2010-10-19 Thread Allen Esterson
John Kulig wrote: >Though what happened in history didn't quite fit the [Marxist] theory. >England and Germany, being more advanced in the Industrial >Revolution, were supposed to be where workers united. In >Russia, it was reversed, communism was used as a means >to industrial growth) Belatedly (

Re:[tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Allen Esterson
Stephen Black wrote on the 33 rescued miners: >Four psychics the government had hired to help >find them said, "Forget it, they're all dead." Stephen rightly mocks the psychics, but he could have gone on to give credit for the survival of the all the miners where it ultimately belongs: :-) "Reg

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Michael Britt
I think most of us try to stay away from the science vs. religion thing, but I might as well jump in... The explanation of 'God saved them" always seems to come up whenever anything "miraculous" occurs after a tragedy and it has always bothered me because of course, one could always wonder why

[tips] How To Live To 100 Years

2010-10-19 Thread Mike Palij
One opinion on the matter by a centenarians |"There's no secret about it, really. You just don't die, and |you get to be 100." |- HAZEL MILLER, 100, on getting there. >From an article in the NY Times on four centenarians: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/health/19Voices1.html?th&emc=th -Mike P

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Allen Esterson
Mike Britt started his thoughtful post: >I think most of us try to stay away from the >science vs. religion thing, but I might as well jump in... I really didn't see my post as yet another pot shot in the science vs religion skirmishes. (At this point nowadays I'm supposed to say that I'm sorry

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Michael Britt
Great quote Allen. Thanks. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > "It is a good question whether the Wittgensteinian account [previously > discussed] chimes very well with the self-u

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Beth Benoit
Allen, I was so entranced by the quote you posted that I went to the original article you posted (http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/~swb24/reviews/Dawkins.htm). Fascinating stuff. Thanks for posting it. I'm printing it up to save. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshir

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Christopher Green
On 10/19/2010 8:22 AM, Michael Britt wrote: Religion, he said, is a journey and we do not have all the answers. That's funny. I thought science was a journey and we didn't have all the answers. :-) Chris Green York U Toronto --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
> >On 10/19/2010 8:22 AM, Michael Britt wrote: >> Religion, he said, is a journey and we do not have all the answers. > >On 10/19/2010 11:06 AM Chris Green wrote: That's funny. I thought science was >a journey and we didn't have all the >answers. :-) > That's funny. I thought that life was a

[tips] Fundamental attribution error/Cuban Americans

2010-10-19 Thread michael sylvester
Cuban-Americans seem to be always reminding us that they and their parents escape Cuba with nothing on their backs,had to work very hard,took menial jobs,sacrificed alot in order to achieve the comfortable economic,political,educational, and community status. Although the same may hold for othe

[tips] Crisis of the Humanities II - NYTimes.com

2010-10-19 Thread Christopher D. Green
More by Stanley Fish on the impending death of the humanities. If you find it too long, be sure to read to the last three paragraphs before giving up. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/crisis-of-the-humanities-ii/?hp Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York Univ

Re: [tips] Crisis of the Humanities II - NYTimes.com

2010-10-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I think universities have largely undermined the humanities (and social sciences) by the growth of professional schools that become isolated academic units, usurping content from other departments. How many philosophy departments would be strengthened by business students having to take an

Re: [tips] Crisis of the Humanities II - NYTimes.com

2010-10-19 Thread michael sylvester
I think universities have largely undermined the humanities (and social sciences) by the growth of professional schools that become isolated academic units, usurping content from other departments. How many philosophy departments would be strengthened by business students having to take an e

Re: [tips] Crisis of the Humanities II - NYTimes.com

2010-10-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> "michael sylvester" msylves...@copper.net> 19-Oct-10 9:27 PM >> ( >>> mailto:msylves...@copper.net> ) As a mobile disc jockey,I learnt that it is always best to play what people want to hear.I u