This topic came up because I was trying to explain Skinner’s views of family conflicts to a Freudian. If you know some Freud, try clicking the card, otherwise here is a good place to start.[...]
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October 11th, 2020 - 1:43 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Of Newton and God
I had a dream about Newton last night. It seems to me that what Newton actually discovered is a pretty good definition of”God” if you strip away the idea that God is a person. The fundamental laws of science are .. eternal and not limited time or space. If one looks at what Christians, [...]
March 1st, 2020 - 1:43 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: RECONCILING RELIGION AND SCIENCE
My friend Tim Hunkapiller, a scientist and an atheist, demeans all religions. He gets angry with me when I try to say that he is unfair and biased because he is culturally Christian and defines all religions in Christian terms. I see this as especially unfair because it takes the horrors done [...]
December 5th, 2019 - 6:26 pm § in Donald Trump
Yes, Congress should fire President Trump. Here’s why.
We elect our presidents, but Congress can fire them. There’s no gray area or ambiguity between Congress removing a bad president or leaving that to voters. It’s a clear dichotomy: Voters should decide on issues like fitness for office, personality, and policies, whereas Congress has the [...]
The Scandal of Online Education
Highline, a new online magazine from the Huffington Post has a disturbing article on the abuse of higher education by private, for profit, online education services. The author, Kevin Carey is the director of education policy program at a policy institute, New America. His key points [...]
May 6th, 2014 - 5:35 am § in Misc.
COMCAST: The FU facts
WARNING: This video explains COMCAST With an 3xcessive application of FUisms Comcast Doesn’t Give a F*CK from Tarik Ellinger[...]
May 17th, 2011 - 6:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
Study: It’s not the teacher, But the tools that matter
Jeff Sandefer, a new colleague and educational entrepreneur from Texas, referred me to this report from NPR. The account illustrates the promise and the danger of terms like “on line education of” or “interactive learning.” The promise is very real. Watson and, later Ski[...]
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:28 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
WGU’s model for “online education.” There IS a better way.
Ed. The discussion the last couple of days here has referred to “online education” as if that were some sort of magic. BroadWebcast a lecture, add some mulitple choice questions and … you are ONLINE! This sort of computer based learning is just a sad extension of the overlo0asded c[...]
February 9th, 2011 - 6:46 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
WA Legislators Think Online=Free
Unfortunately, opposition to real educational technology now comes from all sides. Union advocates are worried about losing faculty jobs. The politicians want to save bucks now, no matter what that costs later. :Luddites, lack Glen Beck, don’s care because they think learning is worthless [...]
The Public View of Psychiatry
The sad thing about this cartoon is that it is an apt image of how the public sees psychiatry. I understood why anyone with these views would as be afraid of getting help as some fundamentalist would be of being vaccinated to avoid God’s will. Before we had Skinner’s scientific metho[...]