see: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/ideas-are-not-the-same-as-race/
Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] On Feb 8, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Bourgeois, Dr. Martin wrote: > A good friend and colleague of mine was one of the three people who raised > their hands and identified themselves as conservatives at Haidt's talk, and > he told me that the experience made him feel very strange. > > ________________________________________ > From: Shearon, Tim [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:06 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE:[tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) > > Puzzling a bit more the 12 to 1 *could* make sense. If it is 80% democratic > and most of the remaining 20% are independent/libertarian/other leaving only > 7% or so as Republican then that's 80 to 7 or (drum roll. . . . ) about 11 to > 1. Seriously. Back to the grind. :) Oh, and I'm one of those socially more > liberal and fiscally more conservative and, yes, it leads to some interesting > discussions but I've never felt discriminated against. (Please don't hate > me!) ;) > Tim > _______________________________ > Timothy O. Shearon, PhD > Professor, Department of Psychology > The College of Idaho > Caldwell, ID 83605 > email: [email protected] > > teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and > systems > > "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker > ________________________________________ > From: Shearon, Tim [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:55 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE:[tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) > > Interesting. Though I find his math rather puzzling. I try to read with an > open mind and some of what he says is interesting and thought provoking. But > the article said: "In a 2007 study of both elite and non-elite universities, > Dr. Gross and Dr. Simmons reported that nearly 80 percent of psychology > professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1." > Wouldn't 80% be 4 to 1? Am I missing something? And before that he is quoted > as having said: "“But when we find out that conservatives are > underrepresented among us by a factor of more than 100, suddenly everyone > finds it quite easy to generate alternate explanations.” " A factor of 100? > But it's 80% and 12 to 1? Ok- I still like the idea for provoking discussion > but I'd find it easier to follow if the numbers were a bit more consistent. > Back to work. > Tim --- 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=8606 or send a blank email to leave-8606-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
