Yes, and what is most clear, hindsight bias. GPeterson Gary's iPad
On Sep 24, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote: > As you can see in the video (excellent resource by the way) Ms. Neillson, > granddaughter of the steersman who supposedly turned the wrong way, The > steersman had plenty of experience in the new system of navigation and > therefore would not have made the mistake of turning the wrong way. I'll > speculate that it is in times of stress (you know, like when you're heading > straight for an iceberg) that we tend to forget our new training and return > to our previous and better-learned methods. > > So it's still a good example of proactive interference. > > However, I'll admit it's possible that either Ms. Patton is retelling an > untrue story because her grandmother was trying to protect the reputation of > the grandfather, or Ms. Neillson will soon tell her own story because her > grandparents want to protect their reputations (no one, understandably, wants > to be blamed for the disaster). > > Which makes it an excellent example of protecting one's self-esteem. > > ;) > > > > Michael Britt > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: mbritt > > > > > On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > >> Awesome! The update on the NYT story is the scene showing the moment of >> steering from the Titanic movie. That's evidence you can trust (not so much)! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:08 AM, "Allen Esterson" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Update on the great Titanic controversy: >>> >>> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/author-claims-steering-error-sank-the-titanic/ >>> >>> Allen Esterson >>> Former lecturer, Science Department >>> Southwark College, London >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.esterson.org >>> >>> >>> --- >>> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe click here: >>> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=5116 >>> or send a blank email to >>> leave-5116-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=5118 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-5118-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=5120 > or send a blank email to > leave-5120-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5126 or send a blank email to leave-5126-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
