TIPSters -
I enjoyed all of the responses to Sylvester's latest, but I don't
yet see the point that I think is the most important. He wrote:
> >From the info from that PsyInc search,it seems like researchers
> think that they can go to other countries and just transfer
> their tools and come to valid conclusions.
I respond:
And those researchers would be correct. Of course.
Sylvester repeats what by now seems to be his fundamental confusion:
contrary to his belief, the fact that you cannot simply transfer the
_conclusions_ [true] does NOT imply that you cannot transfer the tools
[scientific methodologies]. Major league non sequitur.
If he has an argument to the contrary, I'm quite certain that
TIPSters would love to hear it. Many of us have been waiting for several
years - but so far nothing at all. In fact, were I to write a summary of
this post of his, it would look something like "Sylvester believes that you
need to use careful scientific methods to justify your claims about
Europeans/Americans, but it's okay to take your personal prejudices about
minorities/members of other cultures as truth". I'm sure that's not what he
_thinks_ he wrote, but it is in fact the content of what he did write.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
