Allen, that interview is very funny. I think many of us could use it for a
light moment in the classroom when covering Freud. The actor actually
covers some basic points that students might note, though of course a couple
of them are questionable. Those who teach in a classroom where students
There is an interesting article in the NY Times on issues related to
determining the origins of certain types of knowledge, such as
Allen points out below in the Freud cigar situation. However, the
argument that is made in the article, in the context of evaluating
information on Wikipedia, is
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
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, (or did he actually refer to that in real life??) and the cigar
is just a cigar statement. But I think it's wonderful.
Beth
On Mon, Aug 8,
Mike Palij writes:
There is an interesting article in the NY Times on issues related
to determining the origins of certain types of knowledge, such
as Allen points out below in the Freud cigar situation. However,
the argument that is made in the article, in the context of
evaluating information
