"Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? [...] You´ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don´t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not. "
But see http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/ and also http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/10/sarah_palin_ignorant_and_antis. php ( or http://tinyurl.com/5lowwr ) No word on what she thinks about research in psychology. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
