Following up on previous questions, should we change the site title to Mind?
Jeromy Anglim proposed some criteria for a good site title, which I think we ought to adopt for this question.
Short
Accurate in communicating scope
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The first question to consider, then, is "Should we change ...
@zodium Yes! Probably so! Most of us are on the east coast of the US, so it's morning for me here now
I watched a fascinating segment about teaching children empathy by exposing them to babies yesterday on the PBS News Hour. Going to ask some questions about that today
That's excellent. HCI is one of those things that are exciting because it might actually end up getting some cognitive science out and applied in the real world!
I would actually imagine you'd have to learn a good bit more than the basics. We have an interdisciplinary MSc in HCI offered jointly by the psych, AI and CS departments here. :)
I'm trying to think up interesting questions to post, but the range between "This is so small, I should really just answer this myself" and "This is so big, I should really just write a paper" is surprisingly narrow. Any tips?
@ChristianHummeluhr No such thing as "This is so small, I should really just answer this myself"! Ask it first, research it, and answer your own question when you find the answer
@ChristianHummeluhr True .. and I come from a software development background, which makes me qualified to make systems, but other than my master's thesis in Game and Media Technology I still have much to learn about HCI. :)
During my master I started learning about it on my own for several months.
@ChristianHummeluhr Whenever you are stuck for longer than let's say 1 hour, it's worthwhile writing a post about it.
If you do find the answer afterwards, you can answer it yourself.
But I wouldn't post questions you are looking for answers to and you haven't searched for let's say half an hour yet.
@StevenJeuris Thanks, that's a rule of thumb I can work with. I'm really hoping to get some exposure to viewpoints I otherwise don't have good "access" to, like dynamical systems theory.
@JoshGitlin Thanks to you as well, I'll keep that in mind.
I saw a fascinating segment on the PBS NewsHour which said that studies have shown that young children (ages 5 - 8 years of age) can be taught empathy by having a class where they observe and learn to care for an infant. The segment stated that this study showed the children would experience incr...
@ChristianHummeluhr See the above as an example of "This is so small, I should answer it myself. And I did, and posted it to the site and answered it simultaneously"
...until @jonsca tells me it's far too basic of a question and begs me to delete it, that is ;-)
@JoshGitlin Nice! I could see myself using CSci in a similar manner as an additional source of literature, even if I felt like I'd already done a good review, just to see if anyone has anything to add.
48 minutes on the phone with Intuit tech support and the resolution is "It's an IE 10 issue"... I guess it's good to know that I'm not the only developer who has issues with IE...
There is a lot of talk about inhumane treatment of animals and how we don't kill them in the proper way. I wonder how much research is done on this subject. What is the overall least painful way for an animal to die?
I also wonder if this would be the same for a human. It is often said that its...
thanks for the buzz-kill, Bio Neuroscience Questions script
@JoshGitlin ugh. is it really that hard to see that the two are related?
as an experiment, let's rename stackoverflow to "Hello Kitty Forum"
then maybe they'll realize a name is not just a name
and it actually affects content and visitors
also, isn't SE supposed to be a democracy? i understand the need to temper rash decisions, but there is a consensus here that a name change needs to be addressed, with meta posts going back pretty much to the launch of our site
frankly, i'd argue that most of the non-answered questions are non-answered because they're borderline questions to begin with-- but that may be my personal opinion
the majority of unanswered questions show a lack of research effort, but perhaps have enough valid content to avoid being closed
then again, thats basically true of most questions on here-- unanswered or not
@StevenJeuris hehe ok, i will try to post a meta question in the next few days
@StevenJeuris well i do look through them from time to time and VTC, but the issue is that they're not really off-topic, they just show lack of effort-
well there is a real answer to that question, and its probably on topic-- but do i really want to take the time to give a well thought out answer to a one line question?>
The basic purpose of dark-glasses is to protect eyes from strong light. But why did people start to associate glasses with stylishness? In some contexts people who wear dark glasses (e.g., Neo in the Matrix) are perceived as being cool and smart.
What is the psychological reason for the associ...
in fact, i think that sunglass question is a good one to throw the hammer at-- 4 downvotes, no citations (except for The Matrix), and at least one downvote (mine) that expired-- though i think there were a few others at one point
New user, so had to at least leave behind a message on the other question.
Welcome to CogSci, as you might have noticed your question didn't get much response. This is likely due to the fact that you didn't do any initial research yourself to show what you already found out. If you update your question with some details of what you can find out on your own first, the question can be reopened. Give us some more details to work with. ;p — Steven Jeuris45 secs ago
Following up on previous questions, should we change the site title to Mind?
Jeromy Anglim proposed some criteria for a good site title, which I think we ought to adopt for this question.
Short
Accurate in communicating scope
Unique
The first question to consider, then, is "Should we change ...
There is a lot of talk about inhumane treatment of animals and how we don't kill them in the proper way. I wonder how much research is done on this subject. What is the overall least painful way for an animal to die?
I also wonder if this would be the same for a human. It is often said that its...
What is the most effective (research proven) way to teach body language and facial expressions to autistic children?
The basic purpose of dark-glasses is to protect eyes from strong light. But why did people start to associate glasses with stylishness? In some contexts people who wear dark glasses (e.g., Neo in the Matrix) are perceived as being cool and smart.
What is the psychological reason for the associ...
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