���Ken Steele advised me about my not understanding Marie's "Yes do watch for the igon values and don't gnaw on your Kindle": >Read the review by Pinker and the references will make sense.
I had read Pinker's review, and should have rechecked it, thereby seeing he had written "The reasoning in 'Outliers,' which consists of cherry-picked anecdotes, post-hoc sophistry and false dichotomies, had me gnawing on my Kindle." I've no difficulty about Gladwell's "igon values", but I'm still none the wiser about "knawing on my Kindle". Am I missing something, or is this an Americanism that hasn't crossed the water? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ken Steele <steel...@appstate.edu> Subject: Re: Dropkicking Malclom Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:33:37 -0500 Allen: Read the review by Pinker and the references will make sense. Ken Allen Esterson wrote: > Marie wrote: >> Yes do watch for the igon values and don't gnaw on your Kindle. > > Marie: Would you Kindly [sic] explain that cryptic comment for the > uninitiated! > > Allen E. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > RE: [tips] Dropkicking Malclom Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style > Helweg-Larsen, Marie > Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:51:36 -0800 > Yes do watch for the igon values and don't gnaw on your Kindle. > Great review. > Marie > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology > Kaufman 168, Dickinson College > Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 > Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30 > http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm > **************************************************** > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 3:36 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Mike Palij > Subject: [tips] Dropkicking Malclom Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style > > In this Sunday's NY Times Book Review, Steven Pinker reviews > Malcolm Gladwell's new book "What the Dog Saw and Other > Adventures" which is available at: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html?_r=1&nl=book s&emc=booksupdateema1&pagewanted=all > or > http://tinyurl.com/ygpb9yd > > There is something of interest to both fans and player haters. > Just be careful and don't step on the Igon values. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
