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How (details), when, and to what extents ? I think these answers would be very telling. Same questions for ANALOGY
14 July 2023 5,424 3 View
Will academics EVER stop anthropomorphizing "probabilistic uncertainty"? It is something "seen" in "findings" AND (to say the least) not SOME THING. It may well be mainly connected to poor...
29 June 2023 2,831 8 View
Philosophers : Prove to me that a man/women-generated concept of ONTOLOGY is not mere SUPERSTITION. OK? I have been able to live with the view that is IS superstition forever -- it makes lack...
13 June 2023 3,050 1 View
A question for neuroscientists: Are psychologists claiming expertise in neuroscience actually have THAT? Or, are they pretending for ascribed status? Or grasping for justification of their...
12 June 2023 5,539 13 View
I am quite curious about this because, just several month ago, I was told by experts that there is NO AGI (NO : Gen. Artificial intelligence aka Artificial General Intelligence -- and these...
11 June 2023 2,867 6 View
I DO MEAN : much of psychology should be reconsidered in order to have CLEAR EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS, FOR ALL NECESSARY CONCEPTS -- for concepts to clearly correspond to some demonstrably important...
11 June 2023 1,872 4 View
What could only be called "attention' sometimes precedes perception. Realizing that, and you are on your way to becoming me (you're welcome, in advance). I am not just a "cog in the machine"...
10 June 2023 6,809 6 View
Has it occurred to any of you AI/AGI people, that if my writings are of a science of truly empirical psychology , even if just an outline with just clear or clear-types needed for such ......
01 May 2023 7,041 2 View
Is there reason to believe that data, available or possible, from eye tracking is far greater than what is utilized? YES ! : Computer scientists tell us that ANY similar or exact patterning of...
07 August 2021 4,667 17 View
Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...
03 March 2021 3,585 2 View
Can you realize "top-down" and "bottom-up" ARE [ or certainly can, if not MUST, be ] THE SAME THINGS at important junctures IN ONTOGENY (child development)? This Question is NOT addressing YOU...
10 February 2021 5,523 1 View
Even if behavior was "embodied", wouldn't the brain notice? YES, of course: then the BRAIN would become the better "vehicle" for remembering, thinking, and "time travel" (i.e. prospective...
07 December 2020 8,326 3 View
If we cannot come to actually see ourselves as a species among other similarly biological-behavioral species, can we really accomplish anything? I say NO -- not anything significant involving...
07 June 2020 6,058 12 View
I was a math minor -- perhaps just enough math to appreciate what it is good for, even when it comes to explaining things to the masses. At this point I do not even have educated guesses on what...
25 March 2020 8,085 3 View
For Psychology (and other aspiring sciences and for even for good established sciences): Isn't it better to speak and write in terms of "conditions-for" instead of 'causes'? My answer: Yes. Yes....
07 March 2020 10,136 31 View
Basic Psychology Research Preparation: Isn't the time/space(place) to look for specifics __when one knows the time/space they are in? It is proper contextualization (with a correct process and...
10 February 2020 9,765 4 View
Quick answer : NO (and why on Earth would you expect we are? (or that we on ourselves, by ourselves, naturally would be?
29 December 2019 5,743 2 View
The following is based on the words of the man, the historical Buddha; nothing typically thought of as religion is involved. I believe you may find it helpful. "[ When one ] has clearly seen...
15 December 2019 4,073 2 View
There are clearly too many perspectives (I'd say: things "conjured" **) in psychology for any student of the field to make a clear decision about which to accept (no matter how hard one works at...
06 December 2019 9,932 0 View
No matter how poor a writer I may be, this question needs to be asked in 3 different Projects, including "Human Ethology and Development (Ethogram Theory) : A Full-Fledged Paradigm for PSYCHOLOGY"...
29 November 2019 9,630 1 View
Wouldn't experimental psychology (the "lab" setting) have a necessary bias AGAINST the existence and availability of some SKILLS & against any thinking of (across/about) multiple circumstances?...
17 November 2019 211 3 View
For one reason, and maybe a more direct one, it has to do with issues of the nature of visual working memory and visual long-term memory (very important, general issues). For a great Article on...
07 May 2019 4,567 4 View
This newly and more appropriately stated question can still provide you with a way to get into the new perspective and approach , using the same links provided before (with the "old" version),...
18 March 2019 4,147 0 View
If Psychology continues (even thoughtlessly) with its baseless, unproven, and (actually) UNLIKELY-true (i.e. likely false) core assumptions, won't just a lot of very poor research be done and none...
06 February 2019 8,384 5 View
Is the following list the characteristics of the things which are the bases of psychological understandings for General Artificial Intelligence? The material, below, from...
10 April 2018 7,651 1 View
I can assure you my way is empirical and all major hypotheses are directly testable (via direct observation of overt behavior patterns). It is a viable approach, with all testable hypotheses, and...
18 March 2018 8,772 6 View
I want to present you with a possible particular concrete example (instance) of a perceptual shift, i.e. the inception of a stage shift (in 'seeing' and [at first, very vaguely,] in some sense IN...
01 February 2018 8,028 1 View
When someone who has been following you, decides not to, wouldn't it be nice if they were offered the opportunity to state the reason why they stopped following? (Of course, providing this...
31 December 2017 8,998 6 View
A new Yahoo Group: "A Human Ethogram": https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/humanethogram/info Towards A Human Ethogram: This group is about approaches that are 100% empirically-based & these...
21 December 2017 9,310 5 View
[ To summarize several of the basic problems with the 'moderation' of this Yahoo Group: The moderator believes it has been determined that a human ethogram cannot be done (is not possible). (And,...
19 December 2017 2,105 9 View
No one could really expect to outline (then research) ALL the species-typical behavior of the human (or any advanced animals, such as mammals and birds) AT ONCE. WE SIMPLY ARE NOT omniscient (and...
18 December 2017 4,740 1 View
There is NO 'proximate' without absolute discovery. Not a question for me (I've answered it with full, real, strict empiricism -- observational "anchors" ALWAYS, clear and INVOLVED -- for/in...
01 January 1970 2,806 7 View
Yep. RG is equating science with experiments. There may be those who like this, but experimentation is NOT THE ENTIRE SCIENTIFIC METHOD (and I would argue that experimentation is THE LEAST OF IT...
01 January 1970 9,303 8 View
Let me say a bit more. A starting perspective MUST be core-observation _AND core-principle founded, and grounded on that which is minimally clearly related to directly observable overt...
01 January 1970 7,043 1 View
A PARADIGM SHIFT in Psychology: A well-founded, well-justified perspective and approach & an approach with the BEST POSSIBLE concrete grounding is NECESSARY FOR AI (artificial intelligence) and...
01 January 1970 6,262 7 View
One could argue that a much more empirical set of data, based on concrete and directly observable overt behavior patterns, detectable with eye-tracking technology, at key times, yet in "real...
01 January 1970 5,206 4 View
Re: It seems a major sort of addition needs to be made to cognitive-developmental ontogeny theory (Ethogram Theory) I have been out just to describe the developing very early processing and all...
01 January 1970 8,125 1 View
Yes, less reading, if students of Psychology simply require that ALL that they bother to read/read-about in this "discipline" should be that where behaviors are discussed clearly, and in clear...
01 January 1970 9,242 3 View
Since Generalized AI has no human brain, they must be aware of all pertinent "external" behavior patterns and behavior pattern markers AND effective environmental aspects: Ethogram Theory with its...
01 January 1970 9,560 1 View
I'll start by repeating the title, above: What psychologists have not yet realized is that eye-tracking technology, etc. ALLOWS FOR AN _OVERALL_ MORE EMPIRICAL APPROACH !! The new technologies...
01 January 1970 8,494 1 View
With Climate Change and all, I will tell you what I think is a minimum needed for survival and that is: literally a completely, fully, entirely new outlook on life AND that being FOR EVERY HUMAN...
01 January 1970 8,601 16 View
We can no longer pick just "the most important thing"; RATHER making any field of human activity, in which you ARE personally much involved, empirically better will help not only that field but...
01 January 1970 7,159 2 View
By the definitions *, the Memories comprise EXPERIENCE ITSELF: why not more research? I believe it is because of the prevalence of DUALISM in our societies: this leads to "it" (the Memories)...
01 January 1970 3,692 3 View
At this point I will wait for a sign that you can "handle" it. I have provided sufficient guidance to the 1000 pages of essays, doing all can. You may put questions here (under this Discussion),...
01 January 1970 5,175 1 View
The nature and bases of abstract thought and processing can't continue to be unknown or confusing; we must relate each inception to key directly observable overt behavior patterns (and...
01 January 1970 3,082 2 View
Do Psychology students and/or their instructors on Spring Break seek or enjoy cognitive dissonance? If so, I would suggest my writings here on RG (this reading could even be considered fun for...
01 January 1970 3,401 3 View
Given the nature of emotionality, an analogous application (of reactions, then abilities), across differing domains, may occur by "seeing" an analogy (or analogue) with some of the representations...
01 January 1970 1,906 5 View
Dear AI & esp. AGI: THERE IS ONLY 1 Psychology _that CLEARLY _indicates some of the nature and _foundations _critical _ for abstract concepts & processing (& Dear Psychology, you may now well...
01 January 1970 8,054 0 View
GENERAL DISCUSSION : ALL can keep "playing a game" AS their lives, but that will NOT work; our absolute BEST PROBABLY WILL NOT work (in my view) -- for survival of the species, the ultimate...
01 January 1970 8,160 3 View
What is "diverse" and what comprises a "community"? These 2 things almost ALWAYS need to be more clear or detailed -- otherwise, it may be all crap.
01 January 1970 7,824 3 View
Having god-beliefs, and thus NOT taking all the responsibility you can and should, supports premature hypothetico-deductive thinking (incl. "theorizing")(kind of ironically) -- which nearly...
01 January 1970 4,081 4 View
(1) I am sorry that I have no way any more to Follow anybody "back"; there are MANY who I would like to "follow back", but I am at my limit. No on should feel slighted by this. (2) I also...
01 January 1970 4,024 0 View
When you set up an experiment, with "defined" "stimuli", these are the stimuli in YOUR imagination and/or YOUR model. BUT: very often it is a matter of representation (from long-term memory) of...
01 January 1970 6,335 13 View
Psychology People : I have a hard time believing that , in effect, few (if anyone) believes there might be a bit of "conditioning" to see a new perspective and approach. (Reflect on the fact that...
01 January 1970 2,072 4 View
The end I came to : Types of induction ARE THE Major Types of Learning, and, with that view of learning, it is better grounded/defined ( == understandable). In the end, I could see that major...
01 January 1970 5,258 0 View
I hope what I have offered has made up for my deficiencies. My dearest wife is leaving us. I can only think I am finished. Goodbye friends.
01 January 1970 940 2 View
Another try to make progress in eliminating ignorance/delusion and arrogance and conceit in behavioral SCIENCE. For science , for empiricism (and for AI (
01 January 1970 483 1 View
Since my confidence is growing that many will not figure out what I have done, I will tell you : the 1st FULLY empirical philosophy (& it's science) & a clear guide to a true empirical [real...
01 January 1970 5,698 2 View
I do not find this decently sensible in any way. They (RG site persons) imply that they just want to have members go to (or back to) what THEY 'see' as THE major research (so, ALL should be...
01 January 1970 2,344 3 View
'Organismic' is a word that should be used WAY more often (as is 'PATTERNS'). ( I am writing for psychology here.) [ One could either say a LOT more here to make it clearer, but the words...
01 January 1970 7,742 1 View
When full empiricism seems to have a foothold and more is sought (no compromises sought) then in the psychological, biological and the social : the Age of Reason may begin .
01 January 1970 1,993 1 View
Are you a full-fledged empiricist and see a totally empirical Psychology? Maybe if you don't see that you will after reading about 1000 pages of my writings : http://mynichecomp.com/key_content/
01 January 1970 896 2 View
How many things remain questions just because academics keep them going _AS_ Questions? I submit many. And, many are NOT unsolvable, but fun enough to leave unsolved, and to be played with for...
01 January 1970 7,509 0 View
Ethogram Theory and the Theories of Copernicus "et al" : beyond analogy, but a real similarity Back in the 1500s, Copernicus "stepped back" and looked at more and more carefully. He gave us a...
01 January 1970 2,597 2 View
Berggruen Prize awarded yearly for "major achievements in advancing ideas that shape the world". If you know about anyone/anything like that, then nominate the...
01 January 1970 8,423 0 View
Alternative to JUST neuroscience: JUST BEHAVIOR [Patterns] JUST the close empirical study OF BEHAVIOR PATTERNS can/could yield an account of ALL that is developing, MISSING NO CONNECTIONS (one...
01 January 1970 6,340 0 View
