I know. It's only been a couple of days since my last Random
Thought, but this really got to me as I start getting into myself in
preparation for getting into the Fall semester in three weeks. I'll keep
this short.
I was reading an article on espn.com by Darren Rovell about the
Tour de
Herb Coleman wrote:
It the story that I find suspicious or at least hysterical. My bet is
that when a serious news organization (if there are any left)
investigates we'll find that Ms. Jacoabson was trying her creative hand
to show how people come to believe what they believe or some such
Here's the URL for the NY Times story in yesterday's paper:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/business/20road.html
Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire
- Original Message -
From: Paul C. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 18 Jul 2004, Miguel Roig wrote, referring to Sam
Yaffe's article in The Scientist criticizing fMRI and by extension,
psychology:
I am not familiar with the fMRI literature, but I cannot imagine that such
a burgeoning and expensive area of research is not really science as The
Teaching in the Psychological Sciences digest wrote:
Subject: Re: Terror in the Skies (Was: More on profiling)
From: Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:28:18 -0500
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Stephen Black wrote:
Interesting note: Annie Jacobsen, the author of the scare piece was
I wouldn't characterize the mood of the article as tentative skepticism if
by that you mean the author of the article entertains the possibility that
the entire incident was a hoaxed figment of Ms. Jacobsen's imagination or an
attempt to see what she might get people to believe. It seems after
Rick Froman wrote:
I wouldn't characterize the mood of the article as tentative skepticism if
by that you mean the author of the article entertains the possibility that
the entire incident was a hoaxed figment of Ms. Jacobsen's imagination or
an
attempt to see what she might get people to
Rick Froman wrote:
I wouldn't characterize the mood of the article as tentative skepticism if
by that you mean the author of the article entertains the possibility that
the entire incident was a hoaxed figment of Ms. Jacobsen's imagination or
an
attempt to see what she might get people to
For those who have the time (hey--it's summer) and a speedy connection,
there is a broadcast available of a dialogue between William Uttal and
Michael Posner on the topic of Is Cognitive Neuroscience the New
Phrenology?
http://www.cogsci.northwestern.edu/dialogue.htm
Ken
Stephen Black wrote:
On 18 Jul 2004, Miguel Roig wrote, referring to Sam
Yaffe's article in The Scientist criticizing fMRI and by extension,
psychology:
But don't listen to me. Try William Uttal, an eminent neuroscientist,
who has called these studies The new phrenology (2001), not a very
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