Saturday, January 16, 2016
How Groucho Marx Invented Modern Comedy
1/16/16. Lee Siegel in the WSJ.
On the Marx brothers:
"...These are not people who merely act on their impulses. These are people who lack a filter between their conscious and unconscious, and who refuse to stop being themselves no matter what social boundaries and prohibitions surround them..."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-groucho-marx-invented-modern-comedy-1452889052
On the Marx brothers:
"...These are not people who merely act on their impulses. These are people who lack a filter between their conscious and unconscious, and who refuse to stop being themselves no matter what social boundaries and prohibitions surround them..."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-groucho-marx-invented-modern-comedy-1452889052
Friday, January 15, 2016
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Therapy Wars: The Revenge of Freud
1/9/16. Science? Religion? Beliefs?
Because of intermittent, random reinforcement for our beliefs (i.e. Skinner's schedules of reinforcement), it is difficult for many professionals to abandon a theory of psychological treatment.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/07/therapy-wars-revenge-of-freud-cognitive-behavioural-therapy
Because of intermittent, random reinforcement for our beliefs (i.e. Skinner's schedules of reinforcement), it is difficult for many professionals to abandon a theory of psychological treatment.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/07/therapy-wars-revenge-of-freud-cognitive-behavioural-therapy
Thursday, January 7, 2016
When Black Lives Mattered --- to Other Blacks
1/7/16. Jason Riley - staff writer for the Wall Street Journal.
http://www.city-journal.org/2016/bc0106jr.html
http://www.city-journal.org/2016/bc0106jr.html
James Q. Wilson on Morality
From "What Is Moral, and
How Do We Know It?" by polit-
ical scientist James Q. Wilson
(]931-2012) in Commentary
magazine, June 1993:
How Do We Know It?" by polit-
ical scientist James Q. Wilson
(]931-2012) in Commentary
magazine, June 1993:
Almost
every important
tendency in modern thought
has questioned the possibility
of making moral judgments.
Analytical philosophy asserts
that moral statements are
expressions of emotion lacking
any rational or scientific basis.
Marxism derides morality and
religion as "phantoms formed
in the human brain," "ideologi-
tendency in modern thought
has questioned the possibility
of making moral judgments.
Analytical philosophy asserts
that moral statements are
expressions of emotion lacking
any rational or scientific basis.
Marxism derides morality and
religion as "phantoms formed
in the human brain," "ideologi-
cal reflexes" that are, at best, view of
human nature, one
mere sublimates of material that assumes that people are
circumstances. Nietzsche writes naturally endowed with cer-
dismissively that morality is tain moral sentiments. We
but the herd instinct of the in- have a peculiar, fragile, but
dividual. Existentialists argue persistent disposition to make
that man must choose his moral judgments, and we gen-
values without having any erally regard people who lack
sure compass by which to this disposition to be less than
guide those choices. Cultural human. Despite our wars,
anthropology as practiced by crimes, envies, snobberies,
many of its most renowned fanaticisms, and persecutions,
scholars claims that amid the there is to be found a desire not
exotic diversity of human life only for praise but for praise-
there can be found no univer- worthiness, for fair dealings as
sallaws of right conduct .. " well as for good deals, for
mere sublimates of material that assumes that people are
circumstances. Nietzsche writes naturally endowed with cer-
dismissively that morality is tain moral sentiments. We
but the herd instinct of the in- have a peculiar, fragile, but
dividual. Existentialists argue persistent disposition to make
that man must choose his moral judgments, and we gen-
values without having any erally regard people who lack
sure compass by which to this disposition to be less than
guide those choices. Cultural human. Despite our wars,
anthropology as practiced by crimes, envies, snobberies,
many of its most renowned fanaticisms, and persecutions,
scholars claims that amid the there is to be found a desire not
exotic diversity of human life only for praise but for praise-
there can be found no univer- worthiness, for fair dealings as
sallaws of right conduct .. " well as for good deals, for
I wish to argue for an older honor as well as for
advantage.
These desires become evident
when we think disinterestedly
about ourselves or others ....
when we think disinterestedly
about ourselves or others ....
Mankind's moral sense is
not a strong beacon light, radi-
ating outward to illuminate in
sharp outline all that it
touches. It is, rather, a small
candle flame, casting vague
and multiple shadows, flicker-
ing and sputtering in the
strong winds of power and
passion, greed and ideology.
But brought close to the heart
and cupped in one's hands, it
dispels the darkness and
warms the soul.
not a strong beacon light, radi-
ating outward to illuminate in
sharp outline all that it
touches. It is, rather, a small
candle flame, casting vague
and multiple shadows, flicker-
ing and sputtering in the
strong winds of power and
passion, greed and ideology.
But brought close to the heart
and cupped in one's hands, it
dispels the darkness and
warms the soul.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
When Are You Really An Adult?
1/6/16. When you do something even though your parents told you to do it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/when-are-you-really-an-adult/422487/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/when-are-you-really-an-adult/422487/
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
The Year of Living Dangerously
1/5/16. Bret Stephens in the WSJ.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-year-of-living-dangerously-1451953556
http://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-year-of-living-dangerously-1451953556
How the Clintons Have Changed America
1/5/16. Harry Stein traces the history of the Clintons.
"The Clintons Could Find a Loop Hole in a Stop Sign."
--- George Will
http://www.city-journal.org/2016/eon0104hs.html
"The Clintons Could Find a Loop Hole in a Stop Sign."
--- George Will
http://www.city-journal.org/2016/eon0104hs.html
Monday, January 4, 2016
Mnemonic Device for Quick Evaluation of Suicide Risk
1/4/2015. Nothing is foolproof, but IS PATH WARM is a good start to help.
IS PATH WARM
I Ideation
S Substance Abuse
P Purposelessness
A Anxiety
T Trapped
H Hopelessness
W Withdrawal
A Anger
R Recklessness
M Mood Changes.
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Thomas Sowell on Donald Trump
12/30/15.
It is bad enough to hear someone boasting about his past achievements. What is truly repulsive is hearing someone boasting about the future achievements he thinks he is going to have, as Donald Trump does repeatedly.
--- Thomas Sowell
The 36 Questions that Lead to Love
12/30/15. Love the one you're with?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Four Steps to Better Relationships in the New Year
12/29/15. Elizabeth Bernstein in the WSJ.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/look-ahead-four-steps-to-better-relationships-in-the-new-year-1451324689
http://www.wsj.com/articles/look-ahead-four-steps-to-better-relationships-in-the-new-year-1451324689
Monday, December 28, 2015
The Great Courses
12/27/15. Michigan Psychological Association Newsletter. December 2015
My take on the Great Courses:
Once a month I eagerly wait for the catalogue of the great courses. When I open the thick, slick magazine advertising these amazing courses I am never disappointed. Immediately, I notice I can save 70% on 110 courses offered that range from “The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know” to “Critical Business Skills for Success.”
By taking advantage of these great offers, my half-hour commute to and from work turns into an educational adventure, listening to CDs of renowned and award-winning professors lecture about science, history, religion, philosophy, music, and math. The following is a sample of some of the great courses offered in the latest catalog: • Darwin and
Unnatural Selection: The Coming Extinction of Book Shelves
The Growing Threat of Capitalism When It Becomes Capitalized
Four Laws of Thurman’s Dynamics
Integrating Mind, Body, and Shoes
The Everyday Guide to Whining: A Tour Through the Valley of the Naps
Understanding the Relations and Implications between the Nose and Bisexuality
Understanding the Implications of the Higgs-Bosom Discovery for the Modern Marriage
The Art of Persuasion: Half-Truths and Whole-Lies
Understanding Why Small People Have Deep Roots: A Short Introduction to Genealogy
Sex, the Big Bang, and Arguing
A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding How and When to Tell a Highway it is Adopted.
My take on the Great Courses:
Once a month I eagerly wait for the catalogue of the great courses. When I open the thick, slick magazine advertising these amazing courses I am never disappointed. Immediately, I notice I can save 70% on 110 courses offered that range from “The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know” to “Critical Business Skills for Success.”
By taking advantage of these great offers, my half-hour commute to and from work turns into an educational adventure, listening to CDs of renowned and award-winning professors lecture about science, history, religion, philosophy, music, and math. The following is a sample of some of the great courses offered in the latest catalog: • Darwin and
Unnatural Selection: The Coming Extinction of Book Shelves
The Growing Threat of Capitalism When It Becomes Capitalized
Four Laws of Thurman’s Dynamics
Integrating Mind, Body, and Shoes
The Everyday Guide to Whining: A Tour Through the Valley of the Naps
Understanding the Relations and Implications between the Nose and Bisexuality
Understanding the Implications of the Higgs-Bosom Discovery for the Modern Marriage
The Art of Persuasion: Half-Truths and Whole-Lies
Understanding Why Small People Have Deep Roots: A Short Introduction to Genealogy
Sex, the Big Bang, and Arguing
A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding How and When to Tell a Highway it is Adopted.
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