Re:[tips] GOP Opposes Critical Thinking

2012-07-07 Thread Michael Palij
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:22:45 -0500,Jim Clark wrote: Hi Perhaps some lack of discussion is because a number of us were involved in a discussion of this issue on the PESTS list just a week or so ago before Michael P posted it to TIPs? Just a few points: (1) Chris Green was the person who

Re:[tips] GOP Opposes Critical Thinking

2012-07-07 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Some of discussion on PESTs of this issue follows below. Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology and Chair 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu 07-Jul-12 6:15 am (5) So, since this issue was thoroughly discussed on PESTS, anyone want to

Re: [tips] GOP Opposes Critical Thinking

2012-07-07 Thread mjchael sylvester
One of the guidelines for critical thinking is to consider alternative explanations not other scientific explanations. michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

[tips] Swiss scientists find GOD

2012-07-07 Thread mjchael sylvester
Yep.The sub-atomic particle that was the bang that initiated the big bang.This first cause particle has been speculated by Thomas Aquinas (although in theological terms) and the end of the universe by Theillard de Chadrin ,a French Jesuit paleontologist hinting at an omega point in his classic

[tips] Microsoft's Lesson For Public Education

2012-07-07 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a recent discussion-list post Microsoft's Lesson For Public Education [Hake (2012)]. The abstract reads: * ABSTRACT: EDDRA2's Mike Martin at http://yhoo.it/Pw1ks5 wrote:

Re: [tips] GOP Opposes Critical Thinking

2012-07-07 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I'm afraid I do not consider alternative (i.e., un- or anti- or non-scientific) explanations, anymore than I accept alternative (i.e., un- or anti- or non-scientific) medical treatments. Critical thinking does not equal gullible thinking or critical non-thinking. Take care Jim James M.