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-Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org 203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta, Ga 31602 (C) 229-630-0821 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ On Oct 31, 2013, at 6:01 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > > > > From Chronicle of Higher Education, 31 October 2013: > > The 2009 book Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That > Will Change Your Life, by Barbara Fredrickson, was praised by the > heavyweights of psychology. Daniel Gilbert said it provided a “scientifically > sound prescription for joy.” Daniel Goleman extolled its “surefire methods > for transforming our lives.” Martin E.P. Seligman often called the father of > positive psychology, raved that “this book, like Barb, is the ‘real thing.’” > […] The book grew out of a 2005 paper by Fredrickson and Marcial Losada, a > Chiliean psychologist and consultant, the findings of which suggest that “a > set of general mathematical principles may describe the relations between > positive affect and human flourishing.”… > > Then along came Nick Brown, a graduate student in applied positive psychology > at the University of East London… > > Read the rest here: > http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-magic-ratio-that-wasnt/33279 > > The cited (genuinely scholarly) article on the misuse of mathematics as > described by Nick Brown is here: > > http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7006 > > http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.7006v1.pdf > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > allenester...@compuserve.com > http://www.esterson.org > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: lschm...@valdosta.edu. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=931223.50b956e1f0f315eddcd01dfbd8b87bc1&n=T&l=tips&o=29252 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-29252-931223.50b956e1f0f315eddcd01dfbd8b87...@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=29255 or send a blank email to leave-29255-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
