monkey priorities

Jun 12, 2006 20:19

In the 1950’s Harlow was given the challenge of raising infant monkey’s and ensuring that their survival rate would be greater than that raised by cage raised mothers. In delivering diets rich in vitamins, iron extracts, penicillin, chloromycetin, 5% glucose, etc, Harlow decided to study the development of affectional responses of neonatal and ( Read more... )

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Re: JENGA?! wildlyoscillate June 12 2006, 13:00:18 UTC
Why did you stop doing psych? It totally shits all over biology. I prefer actually having to think rather than force feeding myself fact upon fact upon fact.

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Re: bourkey's like heroin to me wildlyoscillate June 12 2006, 13:08:31 UTC
Puh-lease. Learning a simple fact someone else has spent years discovering pales in comparison to grasping concepts like the subjectivity of thought. Biology asks you to use your brain like a book, psych asks you to use it like a tool.

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wildlyoscillate June 12 2006, 13:14:43 UTC
No, I just prefer subjects that allow you to think for yourself, rather than regurgitate facts. Chemistry is the same; you learn a concept or process and apply it to many different situations, hence using your own brain, or actually thinking. Chemisrty, maths, physics, psych etc. rule. Biology, history etc. are pooey and smelly.

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wildlyoscillate June 12 2006, 13:25:21 UTC
And why is that Sgroey? Because your biology book told you so? ;)

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hdhallucination June 13 2006, 03:16:45 UTC
good call! p.s. sgroeys gay!

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