There was a time in the late 19th century when experimental results seemed to indicate that the future was influencing the past and fortunately Dr. Pavlov didn't just chalk it up to equipment failure and go on to study some other feature of the dog's digestive system. His "psychic secretions" eventually turned into what we know as Classical Conditioning.
(Although the word "psychic" above fits perfectly to make the connection to the current case, it seems clear that the modern translation of the phrase would be "psychological" instead of "psychic".) "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'" -Isaac Asimov Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman "The LORD detests both Type I and Type II errors." Proverbs 17:15 -----Original Message----- From: sbl...@ubishops.ca [mailto:sbl...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Don't Be Surprised If Your Physics Colleagues Snicker When They Pass You In the Hall On 6 Jan 2011 at 8:46, Mike Palij (yada, yada) wrote: >> I wonder if anyone has conducted a case study on Bem to understand >> why > he believes in PSI? The simple answer would be because that's where he believes his results take him. A good scientist has to accept what his data tells him, regardless of the consequences and his own beliefs, even if contrary. Of course, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the claim here is extraordinarily extraordinary. Still, he did play by the rules, which got his paper past peer review. As for Mike's title, I don't think physics colleagues have much to snicker about, not when you remind them of the Bogdanov twins ( http://tinyurl.com/29gnz6l ) and the polywater debacle. (Wikipedia also has a nice long piece on the Bogdanovs). Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: rfro...@jbu.edu<mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=7710 or send a blank email to leave-7710-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-7710-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7714 or send a blank email to leave-7714-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
