Over on the The Washington Post website, there is an article that provides a flowchart on how to deal with research that you disagree with. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/12/how-to-argue-with-research-you-dont-like/
As a class exercise, have students read Bem's "Feeling the Future", and then use the algorithm in the article to argue against the conclusions that Bem reaches. Another class project could be to construct an algorithm that argues *in favor* of research that you agree with, though the confirmation bias tends to do that all by itself. ;-) For completists (or those with OCD), you work through the permutations and see what happens. Who knows, you might get a publication! -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. And to Jewish Tipsters, I say "G'mar Chatima Tova". As for Tipsters who are Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Pastafarians, and members of other religions, I say "So, would it hurt you to reflect on all of the bad things you have done over the year (especially like being mean to me ;-)" and if you are in the NYC area, consider dropping by the Feast of San Gennaro. For this year's festival, see: http://www.sangennaro.org/ For more general background, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_San_Gennaro And, of course, this is a wonderful time for me to use one of my favorite lines from the movie "The Godfather": "Don't forget the cannolis." ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- 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=27809 or send a blank email to leave-27809-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
