One need not be soft-headed to be open-minded. Chris Green York U. Toronto ========
drna...@aol.com wrote: > > > Since when has the activity of debunking something equaled being > closed minded? > > I am open minded to the possibility, I collect the evidence, I > discover it's very unlikely that UFOs occur (although we are almost > certainly not the only life in this vast universe - the fact that > there is probably life elsewhere does not mean they are coming here) > and I decide against it, after having been very distinctly ready to > accept it if the evidence was good. I am open-minded, and I debunk. > Not mutually exclusive. > > Dr. S's statement is a great illustration of how students confuse > open-mindedness with accepting that anything can be true regardless of > the quality of the evidence or lack of it. > > I think we can all use the statement to illustrate for that. For once, > something useful comes out of all the annoying, pathetic trolling, > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach City College > Long Beach, CA. > Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn > How! > > In a message dated 8/20/2009 6:05:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > peter...@svsu.edu writes: > > > To educate students (and others) about open-mindedness, science > and critical thinking, the following video may be of some > class-value. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI > > > > Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. > Professor, Department of Psychology > Saginaw Valley State University > University Center, MI 48710 > 989-964-4491 > peter...@svsu.edu > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael sylvester" <msylves...@copper.net> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:44:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: [tips] UFOs/British open minded > > > > > > > > The Brits have released i9 years of data collection on UFO and > alien visitations.In contrast to the debunking of such alleged > appearances in the U.S,the Brits appear open-minded to the > possibility. > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
