Becoming Neolithic in words, thoughts and deeds

Old Dad Chiro: his thoughts, words, and deeds

OBJECTIVE This article offers the author's opinions about some of the thoughts, words, and deeds of the profession's founder, Daniel David Palmer. DISCUSSION Reviewing D.D. Palmer's writings is challenging because he was the discoverer and founder of a developing profession and therefore his thoughts and words were rapidly evolving. Statements made by Palmer without judicious consideration of...

Financing for Development : The Gap between Words and Deeds since

The Monterrey Consensus agreed at the UN summit on Financing for Development in 2002 promised a breakthrough in terms of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders proved to be short-lived. This is even though our evaluation reveals progress since Monterrey in some areas, notably debt relief and private (FDI) flows. Call...

Words or deeds? Choosing what to know about others

Social cooperation often relies on individuals’ spontaneous norm obedience when there is no punishment for violation or reward for compliance. However, people do not consistently follow pro-social norms. Previous studies have suggested that an individual’s tendency toward norm conformity is affected by empirical information (i.e. what others did or would do in a similar situation) as well as by...

Last Words: On Becoming a Discipline

The title of this column, Last Words, reminds me of an occasion in 2005, when I had the privilege of attending the award ceremony for the prestigious Benjamin FranklinMedal, given annually to a few scientists who have made outstanding lifetime contributions to science. This time, a computational linguist, Aravind Joshi, was among them, so several past, present, and future presidents and officer...

By Words and Deeds: Racial Steering by Real Estate Agents in the U.S. in 2000