This past June, Marcus Raichle was awarded the Talairach award by the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. The award was given for his discovery and examination of the Resting State. Now, we take resting state scans as a matter of routine, just in case we might think of a study in the future. The person reviewing Dr. Raichle's background and presenting the award actually made the comment that Dr Raichle would never make it as a PI today since he only published 6 papers a year.
I really have no proposed solution to this problem. People in academic life are wasting so much time publishing ruminative and redundant work. It seems that all the great discoveries come from outside this system. Somehow the reward system has to shift from counting publications to counting discoveries. Mike Williams On 12/7/13 11:00 PM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest wrote: > TIPS Digest for Saturday, December 07, 2013. > > 1. Random Thought: Tis The Season To Be Grateful, II > 2. Higgs Bosons and the tenure system > 3. Why is this Funny? > 4. Re: Why is this Funny? > 5. Re: Higgs Bosons and the tenure system > 6. Re: Why is this Funny? > 7. Re: Higgs Bosons [and Barbara McClintock] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Random Thought: Tis The Season To Be Grateful, II > From: Louis Eugene Schmier<lschm...@valdosta.edu> > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 10:54:45 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Gifts have been bought, shipped, and some given. Getting ready for > some grandmunchkin spoiling. Tis now the season of being consciously > grateful. So, I especially was thinking about my two sons. I deeply admire > them, deeply. My Silicon Valley Michael always wants--needs--the challenge > and excitement of something new; my artist-with-food Robby is always looking > for a culinary "new" (oh, you should taste his pickles, bacon, and lox). > Neither are "status quo" people. Old hat doesn't fit them. They're always > deftly on the move in their professions and lives. A risky "let's see if" > and an unsuccessful "oops" are not their enemies; fearfully stymying "am > not," paralyzing "can't" and atrophying "won't" are. They experiment; > they're not "one-and-out" people. They're not embarrassed or diminished by > "doesn't work." They know behind every one of their accomplishments there > were a host of attempts. Perseverance and practice are their names, > commitment is their game. Th > ey've learned through trail and error. They don't stick with one chiseled > in stone habit of doing one thing one way, over and over again. They adapt, > adopt, invent, create, generate, discard, modify, adjust. They venture out > into new worlds to pass milestones rather than being weighed down and slowed > by millstones.. They're really humble, knowing that too much pride can rob > them of their confident "I wonder if." They know so much about what they > don't know. They know that mastering their craft has taken a lot of time and > pain, but they've learned to learn to put in the time in order to convert > that pain into gain. > I am truly thankful to have them as my sons and humbled to have them > call me "dad." Love them both. I've decided to keep them. And, when I see > them in the coming weeks, I will hug them, kiss them, and tell them, "thank > you for becoming you"--and spoil their kids rotten. > Susie and I would like to wish one and all a merry, happy, and all that. > > Make it a good day > > -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" - / \_ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Higgs Bosons and the tenure system > From: "Lilienfeld, Scott O"<slil...@emory.edu> > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 19:42:20 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Hi All TIPSTERs: I thought that some of you might this piece worthy of > discussion and debate: > > http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-boson-academic-system > > ...Scott > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > President, Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy > Professor, Department of Psychology > Emory University > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > original message (including attachments). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Why is this Funny? > From: Michael Britt<mich...@thepsychfiles.com> > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:53:11 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > I can't seem to get something funny out of my mind and I was wondering if > anyone on TIPS and a thought about this. Recently I featured this funny Vine > video on my podcast: > > https://vine.co/v/hOjHxFjDznT > > I talked about the video in terms of stereotypes, but I keep wondering why > the "4x4=16" part is funny. The only concept that came to mind is that of > "perceptual set". I remember some study where participants are shown a > series of pictures of rabbits and then are shown the duck/rabbit illusion. > In this case, they see the rabbit easily because as I understand it the > researchers have created through the repeated presentations of the rabbit > pictures an expectation or a perceptual set for rabbits. > > So here's what I've been thinking: we're all pretty much used to seeing "4x4" > on a blackboard as a multiplication question. When you see "4x4" on a car > you used to thinking of it in terms of "four by four" and not in terms of > multiplication. > > So is the video funny because it forces us to change our way of thinking? It > forces us to think of something we typically think of in one way, in another > way. > > But I’m still left with this question: why does sudden "switching" of > perspective make us laugh? > > Michael > > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > mich...@thepsychfiles.com > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Why is this Funny? > From: Gerald Peterson<peter...@svsu.edu> > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 15:06:17 -0500 (EST) > X-Message-Number: 4 > > I think the switch from car to multiplication is not central, but rather the > context of it being the nerd's idea of vandalism....and the > incongruous/minimalist expression of vandalism as small writing. > > > G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D > Psychology@SVSU > > > On Dec 7, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Michael Britt<mich...@thepsychfiles.com> wrote: > >> I can't seem to get something funny out of my mind and I was wondering if >> anyone on TIPS and a thought about this. Recently I featured this funny >> Vine video on my podcast: >> >> https://vine.co/v/hOjHxFjDznT >> >> I talked about the video in terms of stereotypes, but I keep wondering why >> the "4x4=16" part is funny. The only concept that came to mind is that of >> "perceptual set". I remember some study where participants are shown a >> series of pictures of rabbits and then are shown the duck/rabbit illusion. >> In this case, they see the rabbit easily because as I understand it the >> researchers have created through the repeated presentations of the rabbit >> pictures an expectation or a perceptual set for rabbits. >> >> So here's what I've been thinking: we're all pretty much used to seeing >> "4x4" on a blackboard as a multiplication question. When you see "4x4" on a >> car you used to thinking of it in terms of "four by four" and not in terms >> of multiplication. >> >> So is the video funny because it forces us to change our way of thinking? It >> forces us to think of something we typically think of in one way, in another >> way. >> >> But I’m still left with this question: why does sudden "switching" of >> perspective make us laugh? >> >> Michael >> >> >> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. >> mich...@thepsychfiles.com >> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com >> Twitter: @mbritt >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=31083 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-31083-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Higgs Bosons and the tenure system > From: "Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D."<jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu> > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:40:21 -0700 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > > On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: > >> Hi All TIPSTERs: I thought that some of you might this piece worthy of >> discussion and debate: >> http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-boson-academic-system > I did a postdoc in a clinical psychology program during the 1993-1994 > academic year at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. One of the tenured > professors who had been hired about 15 years before told me that there was no > chance that, if he were to apply for an assistant professorship at UMSL at > that time (1993-1994), he would have been hired with the record that he had > had in the late 1970s. > > His admission had an enormous effect on me. I decided soon thereafter to stop > searching for university/college positions that required an "active research > program." I had had an excellent background: I attained the PhD at a Research > 1 University and had done a postdoc at another Research I university (not > UMSL). I also had a number of publications, but I knew that I couldn't > compete.And I didn't want to continue with 14+ hour days, 7 days a week. I > really enjoyed teaching and being a generalist in psychology, so I searched > for teaching jobs after that. > > I respect all of you who have become successful as researchers at 1st, 2nd,& > 3rd tier schools. I know how hard you all have worked to get where you are > (especially those of you at 2nd and 3rd tier schools who also have heavy > teaching loads). But I've never regretted my choice. > > Best, > Jeff > --- 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=31092 or send a blank email to leave-31092-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
