Non-monotonic development- September 24, 2003 As a college student many years, I vividly remember sitting in a meeting at a Quaker conference and heard a man (I think we as an administrator at Indiana University) describe spiritual life as a matter of learning, forgetting, relearning, forgetting again (and you get the picture). That was one of the most depressing things I could imagine hearing, in large part because it sounded true. It's amazing to me how much of life seems to involve learning the same thing over and over again..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100066/2003/09/24.html#a46 "I don't do hypotheticals"- September 16, 2003 I heard some of an interview with Donald Rumsfeld by Jim Lehrer a few days ago (the Pentagon has the transcript online here: http:www.defenselink.miltranscripts2003tr20030911-secdef0665.html) Rumsfeld has a distinctive way of doing interviews, where he asks most of the questions and answers them as well, but he must have a very commanding presence given the way no one seems to call him on some of the odd things he says. I was particularly struck by this interchange: Q: Let's cut to the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100066/2003/09/16.html#a45 Corn in the Sky- September 2, 2003 This is a belated picture from the Urbana Sweet Corn festival, which includes an eerie illuminated ear of corn over Main Street. Lots to do this week, including giving a lecture on Research Methods in Psychology 216, a big team-taught introduction to developmental psychology. One aspect of the course that I've found frustrating is a set of students who attend class regularly, write down everything the instructor says, and then do extremely badly on the exams. I'm convinced that the problem is..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100066/2003/09/02.html#a44 |
