The (unfortunate?) difference between the general public and
Washington's Legislators (including Bush) is that the later group gets
to make policy. Now, I hope there are more differences than simply that,
but I find it scary that they are likely as ignorant on issues of mass
destruction (oops sorry, I meant issues of massive importance... it's
just that I'm so used to the rhetoric now, it simply comes to mind so
easily!) as most people, and yet they make the rules.
Ok, so to bring this back to psychology, the US propaganda is fabulous,
as it ties in to the availability heuristic concept. The more people are
exposed to "alerts" and "danger" talk, the more likely they are to
believe Bush must protect them (might explain his re-election...) Hard
to believe that in 2005, such propaganda is going on... Not unlike what
was going on in Germany pre-WWII (ok, I'm likely to get some reactions
on this one, but hey... I'm only talking about the process, not he
contents).
Cheers!
JM
DeVolder Carol L wrote:
OK, remember back sometime during the winter I asked Tipsters to answer the question
"What is a stem cell?" Although everyone's responses were in the vicinity, some
individuals were uncertain. And when I asked about from where and when are they
harvested, respondants were even more uncertain. It's my belief that most of the general
public, many of the legislators in Washington, as well as conservative extremists have no
clue. (I'm pretty sure I've been redundant in that last sentence). I assume Bush is as
ignorant about this topic as he is about many others. If a bunch of Ph.D.s was uncertain,
then I'm willing to bet that a gaggle of politicians is even moreso.
Carol
Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
St. Ambrose University
518 West Locust Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803
Phone: 563-333-6482
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From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 6/3/2005 11:47 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: anti-therapy & social-therapy / political neutrality
Wait, is a "stem cell" the thing that has a NUCULUS?
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
on 6/3/05 12:20 PM, Jean-Marc Perreault at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if Bush really know what a stem cell is? (sorry, but I couldn;t
resist...)
JM
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