Actually most of the physicists I've known have been willing to (or eager to) engage in magical thinking. Yet remaining quick to question psychology as unscientific or targeting to study something too ephemeral to capture. Tim
_______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 9:15 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: RE: [tips] Has anyone ever received this inquiry from a student about APA style? On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:45:18 -0800, Tim Shearon wrote: >Mike Palij asked: "I also wonder if the physicists ever get asked >questions >like this?" >Experimental physicists- unlikely. But theoretical ones likely get >thousands of >them from many universes- often from younger versions of themselves in >the >future. How would you explain Russell Targ? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Targ True, not beyond the grave stuff but that is somewhat Victorian. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=30997 or send a blank email to leave-30997-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=30998 or send a blank email to leave-30998-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu