>From Chronicle of Higher Education, 31October 2013: The 2009book Positivity: Top-Notch Research Revealsthe 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life, by BarbaraFredrickson, was praised by the heavyweights of psychology. Daniel Gilbert saidit provided a “scientifically sound prescription for joy.” Daniel Goleman extolledits “surefire methods for transforming our lives.” Martin E.P. Seligman oftencalled the father of positive psychology, raved that “this book, like Barb, isthe ‘real thing.’” […] The book grew out of a 2005 paper byFredrickson and Marcial Losada, a Chiliean psychologist and consultant, thefindings of which suggest that “a set of general mathematical principles maydescribe the relations between positive affect and human flourishing.”… Then alongcame Nick Brown, a graduate student in applied positive psychology at the University of East London… Read therest here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-magic-ratio-that-wasnt/33279 The cited(genuinely scholarly) article on the misuse of mathematics as describedby Nick Brown is here:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7006 http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.7006v1.pdf Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- 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=29252 or send a blank email to leave-29252-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
