source file: m1588.txt Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:39:55 -0500 Subject: Infantile JI From: "Paul H. Erlich" >Yes, I certainly understated the matter when I called >it simply amusing -- but I was thinking along the lines >of experimenters producing the results they're looking >for by not setting up their experiment properly or by >assuming more than they should as "constants", thus giving >their entire experiment a bias which renders its outcome >invalid. >Viewed in this light, I think their report could be >characterized as disturbing. What makes you think that this experiment was more "cooked" than the typical experiment in the psychological literature?