Re: [FRIAM] Mary Yugo lays out how a typical new energy device scam works: Rich Murray 2011.11.11

2011-11-12 Thread Sarbajit Roy
You think people are too sophisticated to give money to scammers? You must read different news articles than I do. http://www.blongerbros.com/gang/rag.asp On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com wrote: Mary Yugo lays out how a typical new energy device scam works:

Re: [FRIAM] Mary Yugo lays out how a typical new energy device scam works: Rich Murray 2011.11.11

2011-11-12 Thread Rich Murray
Thanks for vivid details about how an intricate stock market scam worked in the 1920's. I never would have imagined such organization and attention to details. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Sarbajit Roy sroy...@gmail.com wrote: You think people are too sophisticated to give money to

[FRIAM] UI design resources

2011-11-12 Thread Tom Johnson
All If interested in UI design, drill down into this -- http://interaction-design.org/ -- Tom johnson (in Zanzibar) Understanding Social Computing:An Authoritative Review by Tom Erickson of IBM’s Watson Research

Re: [FRIAM] 99%, occupyWallStreet, Santa Fe, etc.

2011-11-12 Thread Vladimyr Burachynsky
Hi Steve, I am not sure about Google but many Internet Groups exhibit a bit of the conventional school yard bully tactics. In general this Friam Group seems relatively free from that sort of thing. At least no one is accusing me of thinking I am some Kind of Scientist I suspect that

Re: [FRIAM] 99%, occupyWallStreet, Santa Fe, etc.

2011-11-12 Thread ERIC P. CHARLES
Being somewhat close to the problem, I'm not sure what the connection is between this criticism and what is happening at Penn State. Specifically, I'm not sure how it is scapegoating if the Director of Athletics, the Vice President of Business and Finance, the legendary football coach, and the

[FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Jochen Fromm
Nick, Eric, what do you think, does Psychology need a theory?  http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/11/theory-and-why-its-time-psychology-got.html?m=1 -J. Sent from Android FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Douglas Roberts
Oh, God. Here we go. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jochen Fromm j...@cas-group.net wrote: Nick, Eric, what do you think, does Psychology need a theory? http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/11/theory-and-why-its-time-psychology-got.html?m=1 -J. Sent from Android

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Roger Critchlow
Between this study http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026828 reporting that statistical errors in psych papers correlate with the unwillingness of authors to share their original data, and the career of social psychologist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederik_Stapel

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread ERIC P. CHARLES
Doug, don't fret. The answer to Jochen's question is Yes, it is about friggin time we get a good theory, and Andrew and Sabrina's blog is an excellent source of ideas for improving psychology. Recently Andrew's blog has been getting attention from other excellent professionals, including a

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Stephen Thompson
Eric: I just picked up three books in order to learn more about Embodied Cognition: 1. Embodied Cognition by Lawrence Shapiro 2. Where Mathematics Comes From by George Lakoff and Rafael E. Nunez 3. Philosophy In The Flesh by Lakoff and Mark Johnson I came to these via Dr Lakoff's

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Stephen, I thought Lakoff's Moral politics was bloody awful - SHAMEFUL even, given his earlier stuff which I liked. A terrifying example of what happens when an Author's publisher gets him to write more books than he has in him. I have to admit, I am made nervous by the notion of

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Carl Tollander
Levers? There are levers? I was supposed to be pushing levers? Dang, that explains it. C. On 11/12/11 9:32 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: Stephen, I thought Lakoff's Moral politics was bloody awful -- SHAMEFUL even, given his earlier stuff which I liked. A terrifying example of what

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread ERIC P. CHARLES
Nick, There are two related problems worth distinguishing. 1) The first problem is, as you put it, psychologists don’t have good theories about the kind of questions that people want answers to. This is indeed a problem, and is a valid criticism of some aspects of psychology / the progress

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Stephen Thompson
Cousin! (if I may be so bold): After 27 yrs in boring finance, I find these ideas, well, stimulating. I thought Moral Politics a tough read - but only because it was densely packed with ideas. It seems to me the Strict Father model and the Nurturant Parent Model explains a lot of what passes

Re: [FRIAM] Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

2011-11-12 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Yeah. I know it's dark in there, but feel around. You will find them. You will know you have a hold of one, when you can hear the pineal gland sloshing back and forth when you wiggle the handle. Or was it the pituitary. Darn. From: friam-boun...@redfish.com