Comments on: Stop, Psychoanalyze, and Listen! http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/ Math and Malarkey Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: h3nry http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-87 h3nry Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:58:50 +0000 http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-87 This is a cool post - I especially enjoy the paragraph on Intelligent Design. Cleverly written! This is a cool post – I especially enjoy the paragraph on Intelligent Design. Cleverly written!

]]> By: Brian http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-86 Brian Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:53:26 +0000 http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-86 Steve, of course, has no retort to your statements...just an insult and the lame ol' tax dollars joke. If not mathematical training, at least mathematical appreciation would help enormously. Like you, I tend to think the indoctrination reason you discuss above is the most pervasive problem in the 'regular' world (i.e., not the craziest of crazies, just regular people). I often hear phrases like 'well, i don't understand all that science stuff...' or 'that's just a bunch of esoteric science that doesn't affect my life' and the like. While I certainly agree with you about the anti-science movement (or, The De-enlightenment), we, as scientists, do need to try and continue to communicate science as best we can. Steve, of course, has no retort to your statements…just an insult and the lame ol’ tax dollars joke.

If not mathematical training, at least mathematical appreciation would help enormously.

Like you, I tend to think the indoctrination reason you discuss above is the most pervasive problem in the ‘regular’ world (i.e., not the craziest of crazies, just regular people). I often hear phrases like ‘well, i don’t understand all that science stuff…’ or ‘that’s just a bunch of esoteric science that doesn’t affect my life’ and the like.

While I certainly agree with you about the anti-science movement (or, The De-enlightenment), we, as scientists, do need to try and continue to communicate science as best we can.

]]> By: Ciz http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-85 Ciz Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:33:47 +0000 http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-85 Never seen so few words say so much - great stuff! :) Never seen so few words say so much – great stuff! :)

]]> By: Jon http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-84 Jon Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:21:26 +0000 http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-84 That's what happens when you don't read something. I don't know if you've figured that much out yet. That’s what happens when you don’t read something. I don’t know if you’ve figured that much out yet.

]]> By: Steve http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-81 Steve Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:56:41 +0000 http://sum1ton.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/stop-psychoanalyze-and-listen/#comment-81 Wow, never have I seen so many words say so little. Why do I get the feeling its my tax dollars funding your existence. Wow, never have I seen so many words say so little. Why do I get the feeling its my tax dollars funding your existence.

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