And do pay heed to Stephen Black's reference to a terrific paper on "Science, Pseudoscience, and The Three Stags of Truth." Not right on target but relevant to the topic and a fascinating paper for students interested in the scientific method relative to how convoluted the process can become.
Joan [email protected] > Many thanks to Dave Myers for uncovering the quotation...many thanks, > Dave! > > This email interaction bears out two things: (1) Dave Myers is always a > helpful colleague and (2) my memory is even worse than I thought it was. > > Thanks again for the gracious help (and thanks also to Miguel for the > piece on rejected manuscripts...). All the best....Scott > > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Professor > Department of Psychology, Room 473 > Emory University > 36 Eagle Row > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 404-727-1125 > > The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work > and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his > education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He > hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence > in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or > playing. To him - he is always doing both. > > - Zen Buddhist text > (slightly modified) > > > > From: David Myers [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:45 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] brain pick > > > > > > > > Greetings, Scott. I've used this quote (which I do see is on p. 96 via a > Google book search): > "The rejection of my own manuscripts has a sordid aftermath: > (a) one day of depression; (b) one day of utter contempt for the > editor and his accomplices; (c) one day of decrying the conspiracy > against letting Truth be published; (d) one day of fretful ideas > about changing my profession; (e) one day of re-evaluating the > manuscript in view of the editor's comments followed by the > conclusion that I was lucky it wasn't accepted!" > Benton Underwood, Psychological Research, 1957 > > Warm regards, > Dave Myers > www.davidmyers.org<http://www.davidmyers.org> > www.hearingloop.org<http://www.hearingloop.org> > > > "The rejection of my own manuscripts has a sordid aftermath: > > (a) One day of depression; (b) one day of utter contempt for the > > editor and his accomplices; (c) one day of decrying the conspiracy > > against letting Truth be published; (d) one day of fretful ideas > > about changing my profession; (e) one day of re-evaluating the > > manuscript in view of the editor's comments followed by the > conclusion that I was lucky it wasn't accepted." > > Benton Underwood, Psychological Research, 1957 > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi TIPSters: > > I seek your help in identifying the source of a quotation, as well as the > exact quote itself. I've looked around the web for some time without any > success, so have turned as a last resort to this august (ahem...) and > cheerful band of scholars. > > Here's what I recall, and I hope it's not a Loftus-esque false memory, > which I seem to be experiencing more and more these days. > > It's from a famous psychologist (yeah, I know that's really helpful....), > and the gist goes something remotely like this. One's reaction to a > manuscript rejection occurs in three phrases...first, one becomes angry at > how stupid the reviewers are; second , one realizes that the reviewers may > have a few valid points here and there; and third and finally, one is > relieved that the manuscript wasn't accepted for publication in its > original form. > > Does anyone out there recall any quotation at all like this? (if not, > maybe I'm just confabulating the whole darned thing...) In any case, > thanks in advance for any help you can provide...Scott > > > > > Scott O. 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