Thanks for the link, Stephen. A fascinating "experiment", with a thought-provoking result: http://tinyurl.com/2273gm
Moving from the sublime to the ridiculous: Stephen wrote: > And I thank my googly daughter for drawing this one to my attention. > [Googly: noun. A bowled ball that swerves in one direction and breaks in > the other.] I don't know where you got your definition of "googly" from, Stephen (it looks like something you looked up somewhere), but it doesn't really capture the essence of a googly at least as applied to cricket. (Or has the word been stolen from us Brits and used in the context of a different, and inferior, game?) Now listen carefully, you folks over there. We're talking about the situation when a 'bowler' bowls a cricket ball at the 'wicket' at the end of a pitch of length one chain (aka 22 yards). He is trying to hit the wicket, or by other means I won't go into, get the 'batsman' defending the wicket 'out'. The batsman is not only trying to defend his wicket, he also wants to score 'runs'. Now a 'spin bowler' (as opposed to a fast or medium-paced bowler) spins the ball as it leaves his hand so that when it hits the ground at the other end of the pitch it changes direction. Depending on which way the bowler spins the ball, it is an off-break (turning away from the [right-handed] batsman, or a leg break (turning towards the batsman). Occasionally a bowler attempts to deceive the batsman by contriving a leg break action as the ball leaves his hand while actually delivering a ball that will break the opposite way to that expected. That is a "googly". I hope that is clear enough. As you will all be aware, currently taking place in the West Indies is the 2007 one-day matches cricket World Cup. What you probably don't know is that Canada was taking part (before they were eliminated): http://tinyurl.com/24esr9 Now what I'm *not* clear about is what Stephen meant when he referred to his "googly daughter"? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org/ ---------------------------------------- Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:04:13 -0400 Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A psychological experiment, possibly profound > Forget religion. Um, sorry, Jim Guinee, I only meant forget arguing about > it on TIPS, at least for a while. > > Try this one instead. > > It's a long article but provocative, and I think it merits a full reading > from start to finish. There are three short videos interspersed within > the text. I suggest you watch the first two of them (not the third) > before moving on to the text, so you can get an idea of your own reaction > before you find out what's going on. The headlines at the start are > admittedly difficult to avoid, though. > > I use the term "experiment" not in the sense in which it's usually taught > in psychology, as a study involving randomized assignment of subjects to > groups, but in the more general sense of a systematic investigation of a > particular issue. Such as the Stanford prison experiment, or Milgram's > obedience experiment. > > http://tinyurl.com/2273gm > > And I thank my googly daughter for drawing this one to my attention. > > [Googly: noun. A bowled ball that swerves in one direction and breaks in > the other.] > > Stephen > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
