This should make Tim happy: the girlfriend was on CNN yesterday and said he was doing just fine up to the time of the shootings apparently. He was just acting unusual in any way. She could not believe he was "the one". She kept reiterating that many of the stories that are surfacing are incredibly wrong and innacurate.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:01:06 -0800 (PST) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: not RE: [tips] Two failures - a tangent and a "I wish we didn't >believe it" >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > I agree with you Tim. > > Sometimes there is "no" explanation--at least not > one that is fathomable (especially since the shooter > is dead). > > It reminds me of a story. A hunter was hunting polar > bear in the north when he got clues that he may have > become the hunted. After two or three days of the > stress of being hunted by the bear (which polar > bears actually do I hear), he fired off all the > remaining rounds in his rifle into the air. > > When he was picked up by his comrades and asked why > he did such a stupid thing since the rifle was his > only means of defense, he replied: "It seemed like a > good idea at the time". > > I don't want to be flippant at such tradgedies, but > I believe that psychology (psychologists, > psychiatrists, neurologists, etc) doesn't have > satisfactory answers for a lot of what goes on in > life. > > After all, we can't really define motivation, > personality, or intelligence to name a few! > > --Mike > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with > Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
