On 27 Jan 2013 at 23:48, Jim Clark wrote: > Now if only we could figure out a way to map out how what we say in > class or write in books is disseminated about the universe (or at > least the immediately sentient part of it that we inhabit).
Actually, I think we already have. Join TIPS and post. I'm not being facetious. Over the years, I've occasionally had people not on TIPS or even in psychology get in touch with me for things I've posted, to add or request information, or sometimes to argue or denounce me. One example is that I have been contacted on numerous occasions (finally slowing up this year) for my TIPS-promoted offer to send a copy of the old programme to test trend called ITSACORR, long after it had been abandoned by its creator. People still need it, and when they can no longer find the author, they find me. Another example occurred as a result of a sceptical post of mine concerning the claimed remarkable abilities of a severely-disabled autistic child. Not long after I suggested on TIPS that her supporters may have fallen into the facilitated communication trap, and that her claimed journalistic skills were illusory, I received an angry letter from her mother. We had an extended dialogue concerning what evidence would be required for a persuasive demonstration that her abilities were real. It ended, unfortunately, when it became clear that there was no way she was going to let her daughter take part in such a test. On other occasions, I've received a query or comment on something that was posted so long ago I no longer remembered it. But the Internet has a long memory, and someone was able to find it. I have the impression that these dashed-off posts of mine receive far greater circulation than my publications in obscure (to outsiders) psychology journals ever did, despite the much greater care taken in their preparation. Lastly, I have to note that while mail-archive.com, with the help of Google, is the means by which the universe can access what I've said on TIPS, I've found that searching using the mail-archive search function is often hopeless. When I need to find an old post, I have more luck by searching for it directly on Google, and it then turns up the exact archived post which mail-archive didn't know it had. 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=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23351 or send a blank email to leave-23351-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
