tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8563787179255708410..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: With Pascin at the DômeSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-74967112707951390462011-03-08T04:43:58.210-05:002011-03-08T04:43:58.210-05:00How about Einstein's (among others) "belo...How about Einstein's (among others) "beloved piano witch" <a href="http://ukcommentators.blogspot.com/2010/09/friday-night-classical-totty.html" rel="nofollow">Harriet Cohen ?</a><br /><br />Or Ted Hughes' <a href="http://www.sylviaplathforum.com/photos/assia.html" rel="nofollow">Assia Wevill ?</a> He <a href="http://ukcommentators.blogspot.com/2006/09/brrr.html" rel="nofollow">LabanTallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-446016673138732762011-03-07T21:42:17.198-05:002011-03-07T21:42:17.198-05:00Very plausible that there is a Flynn effect for at...Very plausible that there is a Flynn effect for attractiveness for the reasons you mention.<br /><br />You can use Google images to find other pictures of BP. Definitely above average but not a supermodel by any means :-)steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7643022435908195872011-03-07T18:15:11.768-05:002011-03-07T18:15:11.768-05:00Don't you think there might be something like ...Don't you think there might be something like a Flynn effect for attractiveness? Improvements in nutrition, health, "improvements" in fashion, grooming, the "technology" of posing for photographs? Or at least an observer-relative effect, a sort of temporal-cultural familiarity effect? I have no trouble believing Bronia Perlmutter was at least two or three SDs above the johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79127793839225799092011-03-03T18:48:20.457-05:002011-03-03T18:48:20.457-05:00I am not sure but I have heard it pronounced with ...I am not sure but I have heard it pronounced with a hard c sound, like "pas-kin".steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-65228983283302807762011-03-03T16:01:38.585-05:002011-03-03T16:01:38.585-05:00***Even the women Hemingway hung around with don&#...***Even the women Hemingway hung around with don't seem that hot.***<br /><br />Yeah, but take another look after a few Papa Dobles :-)<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121157680904218301.htmlbottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-607620037006030512011-03-03T12:53:06.791-05:002011-03-03T12:53:06.791-05:00Do you say 'pascin' like 'passion'...Do you say 'pascin' like 'passion' with a french flair?Davidnoreply@blogger.com