Self-Explanatory Post
'Twas a long, long project that was extended....twice.
I'll be back with you all soon. Right now, I'm chilling, recharging my batteries, and clearing my head. Then I'm finally finishing this series.
Thanks for being there for the duration.
Labels: personal stuff
posted by X. Dell @ 12:16 AM
13 Comments:
At 1:15 AM,
Ray Palm (Ray X) said…
I hope this project is a well-paying one, if not money, at least personal reward.
I've been slacking off with blogging myself and I can understand why it's better to concentrate on other things until proper attention can be paid to it. Anyway, it's summer and after about six months of winter around here I deserve more outdoor time.
To follow up on the last post and our eXchange of comments, to be on the same page the term you are using is distorted (or inaccurate) memory as opposed to so-called "false memory" -- right?
BTW, I have follow-up comments to your posts emailed to my Gmail account and I've seen a few that you didn't publish. Damn spammers. Sometimes their dubious mastery of English is amusing.
At 8:45 AM,
foam said…
I hope our enigmatic hero (that would be you) finds himself free from this project pretty soon. Agreeing with ray here in that I hope it was financially rewarding and ideally also personally rewarding. I havent been around much either, but I did read your last post. Google reader, ya know?
xxx
At 10:42 AM,
Charles Gramlich said…
Get some rest man. Feels good to be free!
At 2:16 PM,
X. Dell said…
Ray, thanks for the kind words. It was something I felt compelled to do. And as a freelancer, I kinda have to make hay while the sun shines. Of course, in Cincy right now, it's shining at 105 degrees right now.
The term "distorted memory" is the term that psychological researchers have used for many years, and still tend to use. There are a lot of researchers (including Dr. Jennifer Freyd, who by no means is a "False Memory" advocate) who have used the term to mean memory distortion, but it's clear from the context that this is how they are using the term. What they all object to is the notion of "False Memory Syndrome," which is a purely ideological phenomenon with no research to support it (hell, it was never even defined by anyone).
The reason I made the distinction here is to highlight two separate issues that were conflated by the FMSF using the term "false memory." Hence Drs. Pope and Brown's realization that using the term false memory in and of itself is naive at best, and misleading at worst.
When the FMSF and proponents use the term "false memory" they definitely mean a baseless memory, one made up entirely out of the blue, with no objective reality accompanying it. But when asked to produce research on the existence of "false memory," as defined by them, they rely on studies that prove memory distortion--i.e., memories that contain inaccuracies, but have a provable basis in reality; oftentimes, the so-called "false" memory contains more accuracies than inaccuracies.
Here, it's a case of deliberately mixing apples and oranges to confuse the public, which, after all, is the real target of the FMSF message, not the scientific/academic community (although if they can reach them too, all the better).
As for the spam, our friend, Sir Cosmo, convinced me to take off the word verification because of Blogger's new-fangled spam blocker. It does a wonderful job of keeping spam out of the comments, and it makes it much easier to delete them (one click takes care of fifty, whereas in the old days each spam message took three clicks to get rid of). Unfortunately, I didn't forsee the types of problems you or anyone else would face if they got their comments via e-mail. If it's too much, lemme know, and I'll turn the WV back on.
At 2:19 PM,
X. Dell said…
Hey, Foam, good to see you still here--whether on the page itself, or through Google reader. I've been reading articles talking about blogging as a (ahem!) historic movement. Seems a lot of us aren't keeping up with it as we used to. So I get your drift entirely.
Nevertheless, thanks for the kind words. We'll be back on the air in the near future.
BTW, I gotta check on the temperature in your neck of the woods. It's 105 degrees here, right now.
Charles, thank you for the thoughts. My best to you, Lana and the rest of your family.
At 6:03 PM,
Anonymous said…
Very intriguing points you have noted, appreciate this for adding.
At 12:56 PM,
foam said…
We had those temps for a couple of days last week too. Currently I'm at the beach. The ocean breezes make it tolerable.
At 7:41 PM,
X. Dell said…
Foam, the heat and humidity are so intense they feel artificial--as if someone's turning on some kind of oven.
At 1:27 AM,
Sridhar Jagannathan said…
Yes I am still online haven't found a monastery that would have me. If did find one I wouldn't join as the funnier Marx would have said.
Hope we get to chat sometime.
At 8:29 AM,
X. Dell said…
Hey, Sridhar. Good to see you, old friend. Yes, let's chat when you have a chance.
At 11:14 AM,
Enemy of the Republic said…
Hey, who am I to judge erratic postings? I often forget I have a blog, but I never forget you. What's this about a monastery?
At 2:43 PM,
X. Dell said…
Enemy, by monastery are you referring to the one SJ wishes to join, or the monastic existence I've been leading this year?
I drop by your page every now and then. I won't forget you and yours anytime in the near future--that'll have to wait until senile dementia sets in and I forget everyone.
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