[tips] Arizona's neurosurgeon avoidance

I saw this interview as well. Assuming she was interested in the integrity of each side of the brain, she asked slightly the wrong question. He was assessing integrity of the language centers in the left hemisphere. He assesses motor ability by having her squeeze his fingers with the her rig

Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?

Hi I should have stated "one concern FOR BELIEVERS" ... Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> Beth Benoit 12-Jan-11 8:49:59 AM >>> Jim Clark posted: " I guess one concern could be that discrediting claims of scientific contact with t

Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?

Wow, I'm with Jim and Stephen on this one. Some times there is not a reasonable alternative perspective, as per the existence of ESP as well as the very tragic history of the vaccine leads to autism scam. For both of these stories, there is little room for what Michael refers to as the "scientif

Re: [tips] Darwin: of interest to some tipsters

There were actually two articles at that link. A georg one re: Darwin and a longer one re: Dickens. Sorry for the confusion. Annette Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone "sbl...@ubishops.ca" wrote: On 12 Jan 2011 at 12:24, Rick Froman wrote: > I am guessing the subject line should read: "Dicken

Re:[tips] Learning Outcomes: Face-to-Face vs Online #7

In response to my post "Learning Outcomes: Face-to-Face vs Online #7," Fred Nickols (2011), in his post TrDev-L post of 11 Jan 2011 07:32:50-0700 wrote [my insert at ". . . . .[[insert]]. . . . ": "From where I sit, the emphasis on learning outcomes stems from Robert F. Mager's. . . . [[< http:

Re: [tips] Darwin: of interest to some tipsters

On 12 Jan 2011 at 12:24, Rick Froman wrote: > I am guessing the subject line should read: "Dickens: of interest to some > Tipsters". > Uh-oh. I went with "Darwin" in my posted comment at the site. Didn't even notice. Annette, what have you done to me? Stephen

RE:[tips] Darwin: of interest to some tipsters

I am guessing the subject line should read: "Dickens: of interest to some Tipsters". Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu From: Annette Tayl

Re: [tips] Darwin: of interest to some tipsters

On 12 Jan 2011 at 10:03, Annette Taylor wrote: I believe some of you will be interested in the piece onCharles Dickensat this website: http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-01-12/ Interesting, yes. Good, no. I posted this as my comment about it on the site. It´s unfortunate that we weren´t gi

Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?

On 11 Jan 2011 at 22:49, Michael Smith wrote: > In reading your post, it seems as though your posting is riddled with > sarcasm, ridicule, and a-priori assumption. Thanks! I was worried that perhaps my post had been too subtle for people to notice. > When reading it, a scientific attitude is n

[tips] Darwin: of interest to some tipsters

I believe some of you will be interested in the piece on Charles Dickens at this website: http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-01-12/ I glanced only briefly before sending it on to tips but it seems quite in line with the type of critical evaluation that tipsters enjoy. Here is the preface to th

Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?

Jim Clark posted: " I guess one concern could be that discrediting claims of scientific contact with the supernatural plane might only serve to undermine further people's beliefs." Why would that be a concern? It seems to me that should be a goal. At least, with the caveat that they begin to dis

[tips] Arizona's neurosurgeon avoidance

A questuon asked by an NPR interviewer to a neurosurgeon was never answered.It was the same question that I would have posed.Obviously Gabby is responding to commands,such as "show me two fingers". The question I would have asked is "show me two fingers with your right hand" and "show me me two