Re:[tips] Are Genes Left-Wing?

2010-10-18 Thread Allen Esterson
John Kulig wrote: That is, right-wingers sometimes combine two incompatible ideas: (1) don't help the poor because everyone should be able to pull themselves up by their bootstraps , and (2) the poor, unemployed, etc. are stuck there because of genetic inferiority (putting it too crudely perhaps).

[tips] Are genes Left-Wing?

2010-10-18 Thread michael sylvester
Let me say this about that.Intelligence properly defined is the ability to adapt to existing environments. Hence drug addicts and other criminals are just as intelligent as the PhD and the brain surgeon.It is the ability to deal with the challenges of a situation and to influence the outcome

RE: [tips] Are microbes Left-Wing?

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Carter
Totally not what this listserv is about, but I have to share it: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/12/13/i-love-you-food-2/ You may now return to your regularly-scheduled work. :) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker

Re: [tips] Are microbes Left-Wing?

2010-10-18 Thread michael sylvester
I agree.I may also add that the cockroach is the quintessential adaptive species-they live in unimaginable conditions and have been around for millions of years.We do not need a brain to adapt to the planet except on Tips. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida - Original

[tips] % of students who work

2010-10-18 Thread roig-reardon
Does anyone have stats handy on the percentage of college students who work part-time or full-time? Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5780

Re: [tips] % of students who work

2010-10-18 Thread Christopher D. Green
Perhaps I'm naive, but I thought they all worked. OH! You meant for pay. like a job :-) Chris Green (back in) Toronto === roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote: Does anyone have stats handy on the percentage of college students who work part-time or full-time? Miguel ---

RE: [tips] % of students who work

2010-10-18 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
Chris, if you think they all work, you ARE naive! =) From: Christopher D. Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 4:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] % of students who work Perhaps I'm naive, but I

[tips] Spinal cord repair trial

2010-10-18 Thread sblack
Of possible interest to those teaching biopsychology (or as we used to call it, physiological psychology): A small California biotech company, Geron, has started a trial atttemping for the first time to use embryonic stem cells to repair spinal cord damage in humans. The first patient was an

[tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-18 Thread sblack
The chief engineer at the mine in Chile where 33 miners were just rescued, describing how hopeless the situation seemed at first: [He] remembers the early, gloomy days of the search, when initial drilling failed to find any trace of the men. Four psychics the government had hired to help find