Thank you to all who posted information about the petition. I just did it in class - most of them did not know it was water but were skeptical nevertheless (the one sided information, the lack of statistics). I then showed them the Penn and Teller video. Thanks again 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://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html **************************************************** From: Jonathan Mueller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:53 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Fake petition? I usually send my intro students to two websites, the DHMO site at http://www.dhmo.org/ and a site on Brain Fingerprinting at http://www.brainwavescience.com/ I ask them to review the research on both sites and determine if the claims made on those sites are justified given the evidence presented. Jon =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu >>> "Bourgeois, Dr. Martin" <[email protected]> 11/30/2009 11:02 AM >>> Hi Marie. Here's a link to snopes.com, which contains the petition: http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp ________________________________ From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Fake petition? A couple of years ago someone posted a fake petition that argued that we should stop using a harmful chemical. The “harmful” chemical was something innocuous (maybe water or salt) and the point is that you can make anything sound harmful and of course many chemical are safe and necessary. Does anyone remember this and have the survey/exercise? I’ve searched online and in my own archives unsuccessfully. 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://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html **************************************************** --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
