In a message dated 97-12-31 20:11:45 EST, RICK writes
Predictions about ----
1. Bruce Abbott
2. Rick Marken,
3. Bill Powers
4. Martin Taylor
5. Isaac Kurtzer
6. The "War on Drugs"
7. The Social Security
How can you (Rick) possibly make accurate predictions about these people and
Things without knowing what controlled variables are or how to test for their
existence. The only other way would be, to use reinforcement, and stimulus
control then you could get a correlation as high as a whapping .30 -- and if
the god's are with you -- you may even get a correlation as high as .70 - AT
THIS POINT OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR WOULD INCREASES SO GREATLY -- IT
WOULD BE JUST LIKE FLIPPING A COIN....... Human understanding would be so
great -- People would no longer have to go to college and get a PhD in
Experimental Psych -- all they would have to do is flip a coin, and their
prediction would be just as valid. Wow Rick you are my stimulus control hero
for 1998.
Mark
