[ECOLOG-L] Fear and intimidation in academia Put simply by a fired professor

2011-09-05 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: I came across this video from 2006 by chance while investigating matters relating to ecological economics. The last five minutes or so are most to the point; you can start at 15 or 16 minutes and thus spend only four or five minutes. The entire clip is 20 minutes. His comments both

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fear and intimidation in academia Put simply by a fired professor

2011-09-05 Thread Juan P Alvez
Wayne (and other fellow Ecologer's), If you are interested in short videos about the realm of Ecological Economics you might want to check the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics Youtube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/GundInstitute Best, Juan On 9/4/2011 7:37 PM, Wayne Tyson

[ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation

2011-08-30 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: I regret to report that approximately 90 percent (depending on how one counts moderate responses, it might be 95) of the off-list responses have not only reinforced the notion that fear and intimidation do exist, but have revealed that the phenomenon exists much farther up the food

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation

2011-08-27 Thread Jason Cotter
not the property merely of people who are alive today, but the property of unknown generations whose belongings we have no right to squander.”   President Theodore Roosevelt   From: Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fear

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation

2011-08-26 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: Well, I asked for it, but I must confess that the (almost entirely) off-list responses did little to settle my nerves on the subject. I accept Ecolog for what it is, and am unconcerned about what it is not--in the sense that I am very grateful for the service that David provides, not

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation

2011-08-25 Thread Erin Chin
I think it depends on why one is using Ecolog. Personally, I use it as a source of current community activity/conferences/jobs to help me gauge for the future. I have also used it to ask questions about my own research and have received very helpful tips from students and professionals alike. I

[ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation Results partial 110824

2011-08-24 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: Among the several poignant responses received, this is one of the saddest about why some people don't post contributions to Ecolog Forum discussions: . . . because I'm just a student that my opinion isn't worthwhile even if it does make a good point. Somehow, somewhere in the length

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation Results partial 110824

2011-08-24 Thread Aaron T. Dossey
Today I called someone at the National Academy and asked why there are no postdocs are on their new committee to evaluate the structure of the science enterprise as it impacts and is impacted by career prospects for postdocs (I am paraphrasing as I understand the study - it is a re-visiting of

[ECOLOG-L] Fear and Intimidation

2011-08-23 Thread Wayne Tyson
All: Recent activity (and inactivity?) on Ecolog has alerted me to the apparent fact that these ancient emotions and dominance-posturing are all too alive and well right here and now. Almost everyone has some degree of awareness of the potential hazards of posting anything to the Internet,