Hi On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Larry Daily wrote: > In answer to your question, I think that the important points > to cover in an experimental psychology couse can be summed up > in this quote from Carol Travis:
> ...that what we know is inseparable from how we know it; that > opinions must be based on evidence; that not all opinions > have equal validity; and that science gives us probabilities > - only pseudoscience gives us certainties. Excellent quote as long as both teachers and students realize that scientific probabilities can approach 1.0 (i.e., certainty), whereas supposed certainties about the mechanistic workings of the world and people based on anything but science are indeed nothing but wild speculation or pseudoscience. The likelihood of innumerable aspects of our scientific understanding of the world being wrong is infinitesimal (e.g., evolution, neuronal transmission, ...). We should not give students the mistaken idea that a commitment to science is a commitment to a life of uncertainty and doubt. Far from it. Science is the only valid way to move away from doubt, uncertainty, and ignorance about the workings of the world, including human behaviour and experience. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
