Re: [Phys-L] political interference in publication Was: Re: False memories

[Paul Nord <paul.nord@valpo.edu>]

John,

I blame the demos.  We design too many physics demos to be very clever and give counter-intuitive results.

I find myself asking, “Was this the one that does the obvious thing?  Or does it do the opposite?”

Paul


> On 2015, Feb 10, , at 08:59, John Clement <clement@HAL-PC.ORG> wrote:
>
> > False memories bedevil all of us, including the best scientists and
> > researchers.  This of course happens to students as well documented by
> > Mazur.  He recounts how when giving a quiz 2 weeks after a demo, the
> > students gave the opposite answer to what they actually saw.  Some even
> > commented that the answer was what they saw in the demo.
>
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