I can't see myself ever thinking of a class like english, art, politics as a graded course. If there isn't a set way of doing things then I can't think that I'll do well in the class, and I'll avoid it. Also, these mode things. I have no room for them.
Posted: October 22, 2007 3:54 pm | 1 comment
Tags: Science
First of all I would like to apologize for the lack of posting for the past few weeks. I got back from thanksgiving and then it was finals and then it was break and then classes started and I have felt uninspired. I’m sure you all understand. Anyways, let’s get on with it.
I read this article a few weeks ago about how the teachings of Sigmund Freud are taught in universities, but not in psychology classrooms. Humanities class, popular culture, and modern literature openly discuss Freud’s theories but psychology departments distance themselves from psychoanalysis. Apparently psychologists find him to be, “sexist, fraudulent, unscientific, and just plain wrong”. While “fraudulent” might be pushing it, ‘unscientific” is just fine by me.
I was first introduced to Mr. Freud my senior year of high school. Of course this introduction did not take place in a psychology class, but in an English class titled “Literature and Psychology”. Ms. Birdwell introduced our class to ... more »
Posted: February 10, 2008 5:25 pm | 0 comments
Tags: freud, New York Times, psychology, Science
Link: http://hackaday.com/2009/12/22/terminate-rfid-tags/
Although I feel slightly less paranoid after reading about this than the first time I encountered lock bumping literature, this still seems pretty significant if you're thinking about switching to an RFID tagging system at your library. That is, if/when a system like this could be built smaller than a pug.
Posted: December 23, 2009 9:30 am | 0 comments
Tags: libraries, RFID, Science
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