The continuing complaint that many of us have TIPS is the lack of
controlling the inane, often offensive comments that are made by a very
small number of members. My comments have been that we have to put up with
verbal diarrhea of some members that represents a background in psychology
that is less than most first year students. Many of us stay members but
automatically delete messages from those individuals because there are many
worthwhile discussions that take place on TIPS.
The other list for psychology teachers, psychteach does monitor emails and
as a result the types of postings you allude to never show up. I think that
is why that list is growing.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky
7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474
Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6330
-----Original Message-----
From: Hershberger, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:00 PM
To: TIPS
Subject: RE: solving future plane strategies and signal to noise ratio
I took a six month sabbatical from TIPS because the signal to noise ratio
was just to low to make it worth my effort, I had hoped that maybe it would
be self-correcting, like good science, or that maybe extinction would work.
I returned this week, discovering that not much has changed.
Is there not some collective action that could repair this? Maybe I have
just missed the point of TIPS.
I must add that when TIPS is good, it is very, very good, and when it is
bad. . .
Tom Hershberger
Thomas J. Hershberger
Professor of Psychology
Chatham College
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
412 365-1128
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Dougan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:02 PM
To: Michael Sylvester; TIPS
Subject: Re: solving future plane strategies
At 01:20 PM 9/14/01 -0400, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>
> > As the great historian, Burkehardt said, "beware the simplifiers!"
> >
> >
> > Make it a good day.
> >
>
> how about the law of parsimony. Why look for complex solutions
>if a simple solution would do.
>
>Michael Sylvester,PhD
>Daytona Beach,Flprida
How about looking to Piaget's theories of cognitive development? Those who
have failed to reach formal operations are unable to ask anything but
simple questions and see anything but simple solutions.
