Re: [FRIAM] academic fields whose practitioners believe ...

[Steve Smith]

On 1/16/15 8:46 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: Wow, Roger!   So, Philosophy is a field is one about which people believe that that “raw talent’  is necessary as opposed, say, to careful technique and diligent hard work.    I have been a philosophy camp follower for years and I NEVER would have said that.   Much as I love philosophy and have gotten benefit from philosophers, the one philosophy conference I went to was the worst collection of arrogant snots I have ever stood in a room with.  Seemed like a field in which “positioning” is EVERYTHING.   Come to FRIAM to talk talk about it. what with all those arrogant snots? <grin> I had a great convo with Wimberly at WedTech yesterday (which I also never make)...  but Friday's and Town and I hardly ever make all together in the same time and place... I'm sure you are having a great time as I type this.   N   Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/   From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 6:53 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM] academic fields whose practitioners believe ...   Great article in Science this week:      http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6219/262.short   The more the practitioners of an academic field agree that "Being a top scholar of [discipline] requires a special aptitude that just can’t be taught",  the less successful women and african americans are in the field, as measured by the percentage of PhD's graduated.  Measured across all disciplines and in competition with three other hypotheses.   -- rec -- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com

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