tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post7916479139087232402..comments2023-10-23T11:13:35.712-04:00Comments on Games with Words: Is psychology a science, reduxEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295927435118827266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-45891560414466322302010-09-09T02:06:27.552-04:002010-09-09T02:06:27.552-04:00I am not sure if I believe in predictions, howev...I am not sure if I believe in <a href="http://www.somethingunknown.com/" rel="nofollow"> predictions, </a> however I just watched a great DVD documentary titled "Something Unknown" by Renée Scheltema that was pretty interesting- it is helping me distinguish real magical powers from the fraudulent ones.Beckyhttp://www.twitter.com/beckybooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-32686460772711596862010-09-05T07:31:11.001-04:002010-09-05T07:31:11.001-04:00Anonymous: If I could predict what you're goin...Anonymous: If I could predict what you're going to say for the next week, being off only by a couple words, it would scare the shit out of you! So I don't know if you want to complain too much.<br /><br />But seriously, I have no idea what you mean by "some hastily composed baseline."GamesWithWordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107067137612954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-51579672641938008212010-09-05T01:09:41.149-04:002010-09-05T01:09:41.149-04:00Re: statistics in psychology. Physicists take prid...Re: statistics in psychology. Physicists take pride in matches between experimental results with a priori theoretical predictions (up to the 10, 15, 20th digit after the decimal point). Psychologists, on the other hand, appear overjoyed by mismatches between experimental results and some hastily composed baseline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com