A Kindle is an e-book reader marketed by Amazon.com. It suggests that he read the book on his Kindle, so he was saying the equivalent of, "gnawing on the pages of the book."
Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: Allen Esterson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sat 11/14/2009 12:36 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Dropkicking Malcolm Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style Ken Steele advised me about my not understanding Marie's "Yes do watch for the igon values and don't gnaw on your Kindle": >Read the review by Pinker and the references will make sense. I had read Pinker's review, and should have rechecked it, thereby seeing he had written "The reasoning in 'Outliers,' which consists of cherry-picked anecdotes, post-hoc sophistry and false dichotomies, had me gnawing on my Kindle." I've no difficulty about Gladwell's "igon values", but I'm still none the wiser about "knawing on my Kindle". Am I missing something, or is this an Americanism that hasn't crossed the water? Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ken Steele <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Dropkicking Malclom Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:33:37 -0500 Allen: Read the review by Pinker and the references will make sense. Ken Allen Esterson wrote: > Marie wrote: >> Yes do watch for the igon values and don't gnaw on your Kindle. > > Marie: Would you Kindly [sic] explain that cryptic comment for the > uninitiated! > > Allen E. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > RE: [tips] Dropkicking Malclom Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style > Helweg-Larsen, Marie > Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:51:36 -0800 > Yes do watch for the igon values and don't gnaw on your Kindle. > Great review. > Marie > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology > Kaufman 168, Dickinson College > Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 > Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30 > http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm > **************************************************** > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 3:36 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Mike Palij > Subject: [tips] Dropkicking Malclom Gladwell: Steven Pinker Style > > In this Sunday's NY Times Book Review, Steven Pinker reviews > Malcolm Gladwell's new book "What the Dog Saw and Other > Adventures" which is available at: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html?_r=1&nl=book s&emc=booksupdateema1&pagewanted=all > or > http://tinyurl.com/ygpb9yd > > There is something of interest to both fans and player haters. > Just be careful and don't step on the Igon values. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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