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Comment on A Reaction To Jeff Koons ‘St John The Baptist’ by chr1

chr1 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:11:42 +0000

Elizabeth, thanks for reading and for the comment. Feel free…

Comment on A Reaction To Jeff Koons ‘St John The Baptist’ by elizabeth

elizabeth — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:13:13 +0000

Thanks for these comments. I’m a docent at SAM and have been thinking about including this work on my tour just because I find it so …… well …. funny. Glad I’m not the only one. Your comment about Bob’s Big Boy is perfect. I may steal it ….

Comment on Repost-Is Psychology A Science? From Richard Feynman’s ‘Cargo Cult Science’ by chr1

chr1 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:03:18 +0000

Melissa, thanks for reading and for the the comment.

Comment on Repost-Is Psychology A Science? From Richard Feynman’s ‘Cargo Cult Science’ by Finding Melissa

Finding Melissa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:27:52 +0000

Interesting question – I’m not up to date on my definitions of science – or psychology for that matter; however, I have been working with some professional and medically trained people on ‘proper’ ed stuff and the personal experience that I viewed as totally unique has actually followed a predicted course. With hindsight and insight, I can see that my decline, experience and, particularly, recovery from an eating disorder has followed a clear model and, whilst this isn’t science necessarily, it confirms the value of this kind of thinking – I just wish I’d encountered it at the beginning rather than the end of the journey.

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Comment on Race and IQ: Malcolm Gladwell On The Flynn Effect by chr1

chr1 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:49:15 +0000

Sarah, thanks for the comment.

Comment on Race and IQ: Malcolm Gladwell On The Flynn Effect by Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:44:03 +0000

Jelte Wicherts (2004) looked at the Flynn Effect & found it had few implications for the b-w gap.

“It appears therefore that the nature of the Flynn Effect is qualitatively different
from the nature of Black-White differences in the US. Each comparison of groups should
be investigated separately. IQ gaps between cohorts do not teach us anything about IQ
gaps between contemporary groups, except that each IQ gap should not be confused with
real (i.e., latent) differences in intelligence.

Only after a proper analysis of measurement
invariance of these IQ gaps is conducted, can anything be concluded concerning true
differences between groups.

Whereas implications of the Flynn Effect for B-W differences appear small, the implications for intelligence testing in general are large.”

Comment on From The Washington Post: Andrew Bacevich ‘Let’s Beat the Extremists Like We Beat the Soviets’ by Miss44

Miss44 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:35:17 +0000

I know the west is going to have water problems. ,

Comment on From Newsweek: Henry Kissinger ‘Deployments And Diplomacy’ by nikolaykotev

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Comment on From Foreign Policy: ‘Defining Victory To Win A War’ by chr1

chr1 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:51:20 +0000

Thanks for reading and commenting.

I/m pretty sure it’s not prophecy.

Honest reporting of facts and conditions on the ground in Afghanistan is what we need from non-military personnel, and a vigorous debate here at home.

I”m also open to the truths and demands of the military. There are few things as profound as the understanding, as well as the duty and honor of a good soldier. But there’s a bigger picture as well. Public support has been waning for some time…what unites Afghan society beyond tribal loyalty is mostly a deep Islamic tradition…and not nearly so much nationalism, nor a political or cultural tradition that creates a platform for Afghans to meet our aims through military action (thus meeting us through their own choice and will, which is still a lot to ask when you are pursuing your goals through military action).

I’m disappointed by the rhetoric of the right which would simply dump more troops in (I believe many there are operating on dated models of statecraft and doing it for political reasons), and the pressure on the President, as a democrat to prove his loyalty to the military and love of country, kind of like Kennedy. Obama has to be a wiser, and frankly, more in control of his passions than that.