The article on Baker states: "Baker, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has been dean since 2009 and has published more than 200 scientific articles and 14 books". With that level of productivity, there will surely be those who will raise the question as to whether any of his written work has been similarly "inspired". Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 10:31:53 AM Subject: [tips] Internet: The good, the bad, and the ugly Subtitle: Uses and abuses of the Internet (with a nod to Eysenck) First, let's go with the bad and the ugly (one category): Contemplate the role of the Internet, in particular Twitter and Facebook, in the Weinergate story, not to mention a lesser-known one, similar but actually more outrageous, here in Canada around the same time (see http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2011/05/30/18212081.html or search on stories on p*n*s and George Lepp). Then consider the disturbing story of the "Gay girl in Damascus" (see http://tinyurl.com/3vqlsqn ). Blame the Internet. Now consider the good. Dean Baker delivered a terrific convocation address at the University of Alberta on Friday. Only it wasn't his. Guess how he got caught, almost immediately. http://tinyurl.com/3ro2cdd His "apology" was dreadful. He did it because he was "inspired" by the Stanford address he lifted, and the true author was ok with the unattributed use (he says he called to apologize, and was told "no problem"). As one student noted, try that as an excuse when you're a student, and what you get is expelled. Good on the Internet. Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=10984 or send a blank email to leave-10984-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@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=10986 or send a blank email to leave-10986-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
