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From: Paul Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]>
Subject: [tips] Re: Paris Hilton/magnitude of reward
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:09:59 -0500

At 4:29 PM -0700 6/22/07, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

One can assume anything that one wishes.
But as Shakespeare said:
GLENDOWER
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?

Assuming is easy -- backing the assumption up with data is the trick.
-Assuming is not easy.It is a hypothetico-deductive process. 
Paris Hilton is data.Being in jail is data.And a one million promissory note is also data.
I W Thomas noted that if we perceive something as real-it is real in its consequences.
Btw,the Shakespeare quote is an improper analogy.

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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