Re:[tips] Google autocomplete psychology

2013-11-05 Thread Allen Esterson
virtually all of us have such attitudes, as in the Guardian's headline Google'sautocomplete spells out our darkest thoughts. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

[tips] Positive Psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Allen Esterson
here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-magic-ratio-that-wasnt/33279 The cited(genuinely scholarly) article on the misuse of mathematics as describedby Nick Brown is here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7006 http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.7006v1.pdf Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science

Re:[tips] Academic Publishers

2013-10-07 Thread Allen Esterson
not cite. 2. Since I had taken out a subscription at £2 per week prior to Monbiot's article in 2011 I know it is has not changed! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Academic Publishers

2013-10-07 Thread Allen Esterson
for accessing papers in academic journals was exorbitant. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha

Re:[tips] Academic Publishers

2013-10-06 Thread Allen Esterson
subscription covering both the Times and Sunday Times (which havedifferent editors and journalists) is £2 per week. (The Sunday Times alonecosts £2.50.) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

RE:[tips] Help with British pronunciation

2013-08-02 Thread Allen Esterson
in most countries. http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/aluminum.htm Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: rfro...@jbu.edu rfro...@jbu.edu Subject: RE

Re:[tips] Is Anthony Weiner Jewish?

2013-07-27 Thread Allen Esterson
Karl: Isuggest that Michael's question should have been greeted with the silence itdeserved. Of what possible relevance does it have to anything of anyimportance? AllenEsterson Formerlecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] tips digest: June 28, 2013

2013-06-29 Thread Allen Esterson
In the context of an Oxford Universitypsychology team's research report Rick Froman wondered if the termnaïveparticipant was specifically British usage. A Google search shows itoccurs in ADictionary of Psychology, Oxford University Press, 2008 and in The SAGE Handbook of Social

Re:[tips] Conspiracy lovers

2013-06-07 Thread Allen Esterson
happenedin the way they say it did. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu Subject: RE

Re:[tips] Childlessness hits men the hardest (n = 16)

2013-04-08 Thread Allen Esterson
unreplicatedstudies without peer-review having, it would seem, as its main purpose thepromotion of the name of the university. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Childlessness hits men the hardest (n = 16)

2013-04-08 Thread Allen Esterson
Rick Froman writes: As to the snowball technique, it is quite common in qualitative studies where the “representativeness” of the sample is irrelevant... All that matters is that you correctly communicate the experience of those that end up in your sample... and David Epstein: I want to

RE:[tips] Childlessness hits men the hardest (n = 16)

2013-04-05 Thread Allen Esterson
SociologicalAssociation email address given at the end of the report requesting replies tothe following questions: 1. There is no indication of themethodology used. For instance, how were the respondees selected? Were theyself-selected? 2. Has the report beenpeer-reviewed? Allen Esterson

Re:[tips] Conspiracy theorists

2013-03-13 Thread Allen Esterson
On 12 March2013 Chris Green listed several conspiracy cannots, including thefollowing: Aminority man cannot have been elected president by amajority of American voters, therefore... Here'sanother conspiracy theory, this time from the field of science. According tothe PBS website accompanying

re:[tips] Predatory publishers

2013-02-06 Thread Allen Esterson
, and a recent message fromSage in which they reported that the majority of submissions were unsupportedby University or other bodies seemed to indicate that they may hold thepublication fee at that level. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester

Re:[tips] To British Commonwealth tipsers

2013-01-20 Thread Allen Esterson
#axzz2IValZYlA Allen Esterson Formerlecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n

[tips] The replicability of psychological science

2012-12-26 Thread Allen Esterson
for assessing our reproducibility as a field (to find out more, or sign up yourself, visit:http://openscienceframework.org/project/EZcUj/). Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently

Re:[tips] References For Darwin's Crisis of Faith

2012-12-13 Thread Allen Esterson
, and this would include my Father,Brother and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. Andthis is a damnable doctrine. http://tinyurl.com/37ecad Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

[tips] Fake reviews on the internet

2012-09-04 Thread Allen Esterson
book reviews are rife on the internet and readers should be aware of the fraudulent practices of some writers, a group of leading British authors warn tonight. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9518531/RJ-Ellory-fake-book-reviews-are-rife-on-internet-authors-warn.html Allen Esterson

Re:[tips] info on animal research ethics paper or author

2012-08-26 Thread Allen Esterson
research issue, I have taken to responding with Strachan Donnelley's pharase 'the troubled middle.' Granted, the troubled middle is not a comfortable place to be. But, for most of us, neither are the alternatives. Yes indeed! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College

Re:[tips] Tibetan Buddhist scholars

2012-08-26 Thread Allen Esterson
-Zinn, author of *Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life, and founder of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness In Medicine, Healthcare and Society: http://www.umassmed.edu/content.aspx?id=41252 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn Allen Esterson Former

Re:[tips] Math Is Hard! So, Let's Not Teach It?

2012-08-01 Thread Allen Esterson
much should they do, and (more specifically) should all high school students be expected to reach the same basic standard regardless of their proclivities and abilities and their intentions for a future career. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London

Re:[tips] What Would Carl Rogers Do?

2012-05-15 Thread Allen Esterson
rational and less self-defeating will have you in and out of therapy before you can say Freud. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

[tips] Re: Science and Truth - We’re All in It Tog ether - NYTimes.com

2012-05-07 Thread Allen Esterson
bizarre ways. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- From: Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject:re: [tips] Science and Truth - We’re All in It Tog ether - NYTimes.com

Re:[tips] Re: How ECT Works?

2012-03-21 Thread Allen Esterson
and fulfilling life again. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2010/0112/1224262121159.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- From: Paul Brandon

Re:[tips] How ECT Works?

2012-03-20 Thread Allen Esterson
something like that. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net Subject:Re: How ECT Works? Date

Re:[tips] What Will You Do At 3:14pm Today? Have Some Pi?

2012-03-15 Thread Allen Esterson
equal π. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/11/11/the-pi-on/ Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click

Re:[tips] depression as crutch

2012-03-10 Thread Allen Esterson
and Thomson's theory, 4 March 2011: Is Major Depression 'Adaptive'? The Clinical Data Say No. Ronald W. Pies http://issuu.com/ubmmedica/docs/psy_jan11 Scroll to pp. 9-11 Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

[tips] Freud's patients

2012-03-04 Thread Allen Esterson
the claims of psychoanalysis, notably in his Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis delivered at Clark University in 1910. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freuds-patients-serial Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

Re:[tips] False memory strikes again

2012-02-27 Thread Allen Esterson
Books, pp. 160-161.) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Subject:False memory strikes again Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:05

[tips] A cautionary tale on Wikipedia

2012-02-15 Thread Allen Esterson
sentences providing an alternative view of the topic. Then the fight could begin on a different footing. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org

Re:[tips] Group Polarization: Is the Web Making Us More Narrow-Minded

2012-02-14 Thread Allen Esterson
of the field of information for the less inquisitive is becoming. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- From: Michael Britt mich

Re:[tips] The Neuro Times: Dogmas in Neuroscience and Further Thoughts on the Limits of Neurohistory

2012-01-18 Thread Allen Esterson
a previously widely held view and gain wide currency. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- From: Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca Subject

Re:[tips] Late Night With [Insert Name Of Favorite Scientist]

2012-01-11 Thread Allen Esterson
Mike Palij linked to this article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/science/mit-physicist-gives-scientists-an-online-interview-outlet.html?nl=todaysheadlinesemc=tha26 The author of the article John Markoff (senior writer… writes for the paper's sciencesection) describes

Re:[tips] Late Night With [Insert Name Of Favorite Scientist]

2012-01-11 Thread Allen Esterson
was under the impression that in recent times he spent most of his time writing books and enjoying the life of a media superstar. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

[tips] Frank Cioffi obit

2012-01-02 Thread Allen Esterson
titled Was Freud a Liar?, in late 1973, published shortly afterwards (1974) in the BBC magazine The Listener. Little (if any) notice was taken of his well-documented thesis at the time, but it has since become a classic of the literature on the seduction theory. Allen Esterson Former lecturer

Re: [tips] Frank Cioffi obit

2012-01-02 Thread Allen Esterson
it was received opinion that Freud was a man of absolute integrity. After quoting a sentence of Freud's, Cioffi wrote: I won't say that this statement is a lie, since as we all know, a lie is an interested falsehood propagated by someone not Freud. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department

Re:[tips] What If The Government Were To Censor Scientific Research Reports?

2011-12-24 Thread Allen Esterson
, or otherwise, dependent on the status of the requesting scientists and subject to appropriate security assurances. I'm sure that won't satisfy Mike, but I'm out of here. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

Re:[tips] What If The Government Were To Censor Scientific Research

2011-12-23 Thread Allen Esterson
to the more pressing issue of wrapping Christmas presents, an art I have never been able to master. :-) So a merry Xmas to you all! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] What If The Government Were To Censor Scientific Research Reports?

2011-12-22 Thread Allen Esterson
. To make something potentially sinister out of this situation seems to me to be somewhat over the top. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- Attached

Re:[tips] What If The Government Were To Censor Scientific Research Reports?

2011-12-21 Thread Allen Esterson
,' he said. http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20111213-316022.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu

Re:[tips] Clarification re jews born smart

2011-12-06 Thread Allen Esterson
and teach.) For the benefit especially of Stephen Black. I checked online, and it is authentic GBS, from an Appendix to Man and Superman. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Clarification re jews born smart

2011-12-06 Thread Allen Esterson
mathematics. Your memory is (partly :-) ) vindicated. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- RE: Re:[tips] Clarification re jews born smart Annette Taylor Tue, 06 Dec

Re:[tips] Thank you Steve Jobs,but ...........

2011-12-05 Thread Allen Esterson
of Judaism. Given that an appreciable proportion of British Jews are secular, this means that the Chief Rabbi represents somewhat less than half of British Jews. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Jews Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester

Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

2011-11-07 Thread Allen Esterson
for repressed memories of early childhood sexual abuse. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- From: Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu Subject:RE: Re:Stapel's

Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

2011-11-06 Thread Allen Esterson
://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/rethinking-peer-review And here: Peer review is like democracy was to Churchill: the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.1/peer.htm Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science

Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

2011-11-06 Thread Allen Esterson
/publications/bulevich2006.pdf Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Subject:Re: Stapel's faking of social psychology

Re:[tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

2011-11-04 Thread Allen Esterson
. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu

[tips] Welles' 'War of the Worlds' 1938 panic story

2011-11-01 Thread Allen Esterson
://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/why-war-of-the-worlds-show-didnt-panic-america/ Is this news to TIPSters? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

[tips] Brain Substrates of Long-Term Memory Conformity

2011-11-01 Thread Allen Esterson
of the amygdala to encompass socially mediated memory distortions. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http

Re:[tips] Famous people who have taken a (credible) personality test

2011-10-15 Thread Allen Esterson
beyond the world of psychoanalysis. That said, there are plenty of sensible ideas scattered in Murray's report. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] What is talk therapy?

2011-10-14 Thread Allen Esterson
this is what is understood by talk therapy, and that the NYT's article title Talk Therapy Lifts Severe Schizophrenics may be misleading for many people. On the other hand, I imagine that GPs and psychiatrists regard CBT as a form of talk therapy, as against drug treatments. Allen Esterson Former

[tips] Le Packing for autistic kids

2011-10-07 Thread Allen Esterson
/eHuC2rc7aqY The certitude with which various psychoanalysts propound their unlikely notions in these films is remarkable. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

Re:[tips] Neutrino no-no

2011-09-26 Thread Allen Esterson
Hot news: The neutrinos experiment has led to the foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Particles. :-) http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/16719-einstein-under-fire.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

Re:[tips] Maybe Bem Is Right ;-)

2011-09-23 Thread Allen Esterson
/ And a cartoon: http://xkcd.com/955/ Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org [tips] Maybe Bem Is Right ;-) Mike Palij Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:09:16 -0700 An interesting article

Re:[tips] hurray for Switzerland!

2011-09-22 Thread Allen Esterson
But do they have an equivalent of the Raving Loony Party? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party http://www.omrlp.com/http://www.omrlp.com/ Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Statistics question: Death from the skies?

2011-09-21 Thread Allen Esterson
, for any one person. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44462231/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/falling-satellite-poses-little-risk-public-nasa-says/#.TnmlOzD_l4Y Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Clinical training: Boulder and Denver

2011-09-14 Thread Allen Esterson
%20Files/MISC%20PSYCHIATRY/Drugs%20and%2 0psychiatry/KleinListening%20to%20Meta-Analysis%20But%20Hearing%20Bias.ht m Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Clinical training: Boulder and Denver

2011-09-14 Thread Allen Esterson
of the issues involved appeared in Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice in 2003: http://www.srmhp.org/0201/media-watch.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Clinical training: Boulder and Denver

2011-09-14 Thread Allen Esterson
, Department of Therapeutics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute Allen E. -- Re:[tips] Clinical training: Boulder and Denver Allen Esterson Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:34:40 -0700 The URL for Listening

Re:[tips] For Social Psychology: Police Lineups

2011-09-02 Thread Allen Esterson
? Presumably not, which is why the careful experimental work of academic psychologists, notably Elizabeth Loftus (*Eyewitness Testimony*, 1979), has been needed to get things moving, Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

RE:[tips] Research Ethics: Bad Science in Guatemala

2011-08-31 Thread Allen Esterson
report on the experiments: The commission discussed several of its findings at its public quarterly meeting on Monday in Washington. It expects to provide a report to President Obama next month. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_754075.html?_s_icmp=NetworkHeadlines Allen

Re:[tips] On apologies,etc

2011-08-15 Thread Allen Esterson
own false assertion about the police blowing a young man's head off.) The BBC's apology to Darcus Howe is an empty gesture, but typical of an organization that is famously loath to self-criticism. I'll let the irony of that statement coming from Michael speak for itself. Allen Esterson Former

Re:[tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-15 Thread Allen Esterson
in at least a couple of his postings. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: Rick Stevens stevens.r...@gmail.com Subject:Re: Re:African

Re:[tips] African-Americans versus immigrants and Latin Americans

2011-08-14 Thread Allen Esterson
of such an inflammatory assertion without making any attempt to ascertain the actual facts is grossly irresponsible. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

Re:[tips] Britain vs. USA: Psychology and riots

2011-08-12 Thread Allen Esterson
=youtu.be Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net Subject:Britain vs. USA: Psychology and riots Date: Fri, 12

Re:[tips] British riot version of Kitty Genovese

2011-08-12 Thread Allen Esterson
A postscript to this: There was no bystander apathy when a group of rioters came to assist a person who had been injured, but to add insult to injury, they stole items from the injured indivudual's backpack.It appears that British morality has reached a new low. £20,000 has already been donated

Re:[tips] British teens/ethnicity/frustration-aggression

2011-08-12 Thread Allen Esterson
will not be known to most non-residents of Britain, should be self-evident. Enough already! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org [tips] British teens/ethnicity

Re:[tips] Freud interview

2011-08-11 Thread Allen Esterson
. N.B. Unfortunately Richard Webster recently died at the early age of sixty: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/31/richard-webster-obituary Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You

Re:[tips] British riot version of Kitty Genovese

2011-08-11 Thread Allen Esterson
on the police response: They should put Indian police in England with big sticks. All the policeman run after the gangsters, hit them whenever they can. When the crowds behave like this they charge them so bad they all run away. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London

Re:[tips] British riot version of Kitty Genovese

2011-08-11 Thread Allen Esterson
Michael: A less jaundiced view of British morality [sic]: Young people volunteering to take back their communities from the yobs—and clapping police cars as they go by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCsrcnUy8aofeature=related Elsewhere in London: What really felt amazing yesterday was how

Re:[tips] Fw: Darcus Howe BBC News Interview On Riots

2011-08-10 Thread Allen Esterson
was stopped, and the full story probably won't be known until the official investigation is completed. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: michael sylvester

Re:[tips] Fw: Darcus Howe BBC News Interview On Riots

2011-08-10 Thread Allen Esterson
for certain whether the handgun was fired, however further tests are being carried out in an attempt to establish this. http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/Pages/pr_090811_dugganupdate.aspx P.S. Joan Rivers vs Darcus Howe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMTYHvl5bc Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science

Re:[tips] Freud interview

2011-08-09 Thread Allen Esterson
Beth writes Do you mean what was questionable? Well, one was his comment about seeing his mother in the shower with the shower curtain pulled back like in the theater, I'd forgotten about that specific incident (must have repressed the memory :-) ) (or did he actually refer to that in real

Re:[tips] Freud interview

2011-08-09 Thread Allen Esterson
occasionally (?) sculpted an event to fit his theory. Beth On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Allen Esterson allenester...@compuserve.com wrote: Beth writes Do you mean what was questionable? Well, one was his comment about seeing his mother in the shower with the shower curtain pulled back like

Re:[tips] Freud interview

2011-08-08 Thread Allen Esterson
Re Beth Benoit's appreciative response to the spoof Freud interview: The actor actually covers some basic points that students might note, though of course a couple of them are questionable. Beth: What do you have in mind here? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College

[tips] Wikipedia and oral knowledge

2011-08-08 Thread Allen Esterson
. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- re: [tips] Freud interview Mike Palij Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:06:38 -0700 There is an interesting article

[tips] Eco-statistics

2011-06-28 Thread Allen Esterson
as apparently huge numbers of plants and animals remain undiscovered. Are such estimates anything more than more-or-less educated guesses highly dependent on personal agendas? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

Re:[tips] Sex roles

2011-06-17 Thread Allen Esterson
for one's sex, hardly a sociocultural distinction. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Subject:Sex roles Date: Thu, 16

Re:[tips] Franklin's kite and other scientific myths

2011-06-09 Thread Allen Esterson
a myth if widespread belief persists beyond a shortish period of time. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu

Re:[tips] Jean Piaget Albert Einstein

2011-06-09 Thread Allen Esterson
! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- From: K. H. Grobman k...@devpsy.org Subject:Jean Piaget Albert Einstein Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:02:42 -0500

Re:[tips] Gould questioned in his measurements

2011-06-09 Thread Allen Esterson
or on political appeal, have been highly critical of both the book's version of history and its scientific arguments. http://www.cpsimoes.net/artigos/art_davis.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

[tips] Franklin's kite and other scientific myths

2011-06-08 Thread Allen Esterson
stories'. http://www.utexas.edu/know/2011/06/06/science_secrets/ Psychology (of course) is not immune from the dissemination of myths: http://www.snopes.com/science/skinner.asp Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http

Re:[tips] When Belief Trumps Facts

2011-05-01 Thread Allen Esterson
willing to seriously examine the issue, while being honest about areas where there is genuine uncertainty, I'm not optimistic about the extent that widely-believed dubious contentions can be countered. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester

[tips] Was Darwin's illness psychosomatic?

2011-04-16 Thread Allen Esterson
. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl

Re: [tips] Was Darwin's illness psychosomatic?

2011-04-16 Thread Allen Esterson
recently and a search on TIPS Archive brought up your post at the top of the list, so I used that as a lead-in. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

[tips] Cocaine and addiction

2011-04-14 Thread Allen Esterson
.* New York: New American Library. E. Jones (1953). *Sigmund Freud: Life and Work.* Vol. 1. London: Hogarth Press, chapter 6. E. M. Thornton (1983). *Freud and Cocaine.* London: Blond Briggs, pp. 170-188. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester

Re:[tips] Shocking study (for cash)

2011-04-09 Thread Allen Esterson
in such circumstances, pointing out that we should consider another plausible explanation before jumping to conclusions. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] The expression of the emotions in man and animals

2011-03-18 Thread Allen Esterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N9oxmRT2YWwvq=medium Fabulous clip, Stephen. Darwin would have loved it! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org -- [tips] The expression

Re:[tips] Einstein's aberrant development

2011-03-16 Thread Allen Esterson
of Einstein's early childhood accomplishments is given in the letter his mother wrote to her sister when he was seven years old: Yesterday Albert got his grades, once again he was ranked first, he got a splendid report card. (Letter, 1 August 1866) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science

Re:[tips] Einstein's aberrant development

2011-03-16 Thread Allen Esterson
observation, in the context of the claims about Mileva Maric, that bare assertions, particularly by interested parties, do not constitute proof of such assertions, even when these assertions are repeated in print, even in a book! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College

RE:[tips] Pet peeve: Grammar Nazis

2011-03-14 Thread Allen Esterson
are being lost, and I think that does matter. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject:RE: Pet peeve: Grammar Nazis Date

Re:[tips] Men kissing men, more on

2011-03-08 Thread Allen Esterson
is prevalent in British universities, or indeed more generally. Not for the first time, I ask whatever happened to the time-honoured notion of the requirement for replication when academics get busy promoting their own findings in the popular press? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science

Re: [tips] You can't handle the smooch!

2011-03-03 Thread Allen Esterson
as the number one game, the interesting question is why North America is almost the only exception. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- Re: [tips] You can't

Re:[tips] You can't handle the smooch! (Was: Norwegian wood)

2011-03-02 Thread Allen Esterson
stress the importance of context in interpreting the meaning and explicating the effects of this kind of discourse. Yawn. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

RE:[tips] Norwegian wood and the nature-nurture question

2011-03-01 Thread Allen Esterson
those who believe that the question of the origins of sexual identity is uninteresting or even not a valid area of research, nothing will. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org

Re:[tips] Norwegian wood and the nature-nurture question

2011-02-25 Thread Allen Esterson
/19889788 The password is hjernevask (no capital letters, no quotes). Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Subject:Norwegian wood

Re: [tips] Norwegian wood and the nature-nurture question

2011-02-24 Thread Allen Esterson
genetic component? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org [tips] Norwegian wood and the nature-nurture question sblack Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:22:04 -0800 What

Re:[tips] misrepresentation of results in scientific and media reports

2011-02-21 Thread Allen Esterson
critical when data presented does not match strong conclusions? Maybe we need a better system of accountable, peer review? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips

Re:[tips] Recovered memory therapy in court

2011-01-29 Thread Allen Esterson
allegations based on childhood experiences. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Subject:Recovered memory therapy in court Date: Fri

Re: [tips] Recovered memory therapy in court

2011-01-29 Thread Allen Esterson
Stephen wrote: Allen Esterson asked: Is this a first? I can't recall any previous such case where the patient has not repudiated the supposed memories No, my understanding is that some repudiate, some do not. The False Memory Foundation calls those who repudiate retractors. A recent book

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