"Too bad there's no job for people who remember odd bits of arcana"
I think there is ... a psychology professor :)
--Mike
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rom: Rick Stevens [mailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:00 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery
It's not exactly a job, but you can make money...
How can I try out for JEOPARDY!...
http://www.jeopardy.com
It's not exactly a job, but you can make money...
How can I try out for JEOPARDY!...
http://www.jeopardy.com/beacontestant/contestantfaqs/
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Marc Carter wrote:
>
> Wow!
>
> Brains are interesting things. I often cannot remember where I left my
> shoes, but I can re
essor and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
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> -Original Message-
> From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:31 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
&
Marc Carter wrote re Archimedes and "eureka!":
>Without looking I'm going to guess that he wanted to know
>how to assess the purity of an oddly-shaped bit of precious
>metal, and needed to compare volume with weight.
Good recollection, Marc!
Or as Wikipedia expresses it:
"Archimedes was asked b
ciate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
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> -Original Message-
> From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:20 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Science
The Wikipedia Eureka/Archimedes link should have been:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect
Allen
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Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery
Allen Esterson
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:19:59 -0800
Chris Green cried:
>Eureka!
"This exclamation
Chris Green cried:
>Eureka!
"This exclamation is most famously attributed to the ancient Greek
scholar Archimedes; he reportedly proclaimed "Eureka!" when he stepped
into a bath and noticed that the water level rose — he suddenly
understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to th
te Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:16 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] A brilliant discovery
Very good Allen! I've been using this technique and my sheets still come out
looking halfway between the one on the right and the
Eureka!
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Christopher D Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
Canada
chri...@yorku.ca
On Dec 7, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Allen Esterson wrote:
> A useful tip:
>
> http://kottke.org/10/12/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet
>
> Allen Esterson
> Former lecturer, Science Departmen
Very good Allen! I've been using this technique and my sheets still come out
looking halfway between the one on the right and the one on the left; of course
I don't have such a large accomodating table to work with, only the top of the
washer/dryer with the lids all closed ;)
of course, this IS
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