Ah. But if I had read ALL the way to the bottom, I would see that it was indeed Goldberg who made the correction.
:/ m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:39 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: re: [tips] Neurons in the brain? > > On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:15 -0800, Marc Carter wrote: > >Weren't we just discussing this? > > > >"The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students > scribbled out= > >their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent > again.= > >'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at > Columbia= , > >said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.'" > > > >http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some- > brainy-students/ > > The answer to your question is "Yes". However, the point you > are trying to make "implicitly" may be lost on some readers of > the article if they don't read all the way to the end where today > we have: > > |Editor's Note: An earlier version of this post contained incorrect > |information about the number of brain cells. > > The article now correctly states states that the number is 100 billion. > > I think we've learned something very important today, namely, > we can't expect reporters to even correctly report what they hear. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > P.S. Thanks to whoever fixed the Mail Archive which now has put > up the past day's posts. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=15925 > or send a blank email to leave-15925- > 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15927 or send a blank email to leave-15927-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
