It's interesting that there's smart and dumb ways to be dumb. I don't think many common people believe that we're blank slates and that intelligence isn't hereditary. That's only a view you'd obtain hanging out with educated and talented people. It's a smart way to be dumb.
I also never like the "X has been used in history in a bad way." I mean, what hasn't? The idea that people are highly malleable can also justify atrocities. Imperialism has been justified by liberalism, fascism, communism, theocracy, etc. We need to discuss ideas on their own merit.
Great cartoon!!!! You make a really good point about people having different interests and sometimes people just are not academically inclined. That is fine. I'm thinking about my daughter, Sophia, who is great at building things and got college degrees in theater (the technical side) and geology. She's thinking about jobs right now and part of her wants to be a carpenter. She's also interested in geology jobs. But if she pursues carpentry, what would be the value of her dad and me telling her that she needs a job that matches her college credentials? It wouldn't benefit her to be pushed to do something "more academic" if that's not what she wants. That's not quite the point you are making, but I like the idea of respecting people's choices and talents. Same as when people ask me why I became a nurse and not a doctor. Ugh. Um...because I wanted to be a nurse. Let's respect all jobs and pay people well, no matter if they're a carpenter, geologist, nurse, or doctor.
In contrast to boring Mrs. N, last night my anatomy professor donned a homemade crown of straws and tubes to illustrate the cranial arteries: https://photos.app.goo.gl/WBvgvgqtXiGAt8v16
Excellent article, many good points (especially the nod toward Freddie de Boer). Quite correct that correlation is not same as causation . . . but in praising Switzerland we might notice other possible relationships between it being a relatively small country with a high degree of homogeneous ethnic composition, and a very high rate of gun ownership--which all perhaps feeds into it being a high personal trust culture. If we could only have that same sort of society in the USA (well, we already have the guns). Actually, we did have this sort of society until the 60s, when it all began to fall apart as politicians and our moral superiors (and employers looking for cheap wages) decided we would be a better nation if we were all less alike and did not worry about pesky things like personal morality. I wonder if the author's background was also in a homogeneous high trust environment.
It's interesting that there's smart and dumb ways to be dumb. I don't think many common people believe that we're blank slates and that intelligence isn't hereditary. That's only a view you'd obtain hanging out with educated and talented people. It's a smart way to be dumb.
I also never like the "X has been used in history in a bad way." I mean, what hasn't? The idea that people are highly malleable can also justify atrocities. Imperialism has been justified by liberalism, fascism, communism, theocracy, etc. We need to discuss ideas on their own merit.
Great cartoon!!!! You make a really good point about people having different interests and sometimes people just are not academically inclined. That is fine. I'm thinking about my daughter, Sophia, who is great at building things and got college degrees in theater (the technical side) and geology. She's thinking about jobs right now and part of her wants to be a carpenter. She's also interested in geology jobs. But if she pursues carpentry, what would be the value of her dad and me telling her that she needs a job that matches her college credentials? It wouldn't benefit her to be pushed to do something "more academic" if that's not what she wants. That's not quite the point you are making, but I like the idea of respecting people's choices and talents. Same as when people ask me why I became a nurse and not a doctor. Ugh. Um...because I wanted to be a nurse. Let's respect all jobs and pay people well, no matter if they're a carpenter, geologist, nurse, or doctor.
Point about who has overseen tracking is especially salient.
Found the en-dash, and I do know its proper usage :)
In contrast to boring Mrs. N, last night my anatomy professor donned a homemade crown of straws and tubes to illustrate the cranial arteries: https://photos.app.goo.gl/WBvgvgqtXiGAt8v16
I can remember my own Ms. N !
Excellent article, many good points (especially the nod toward Freddie de Boer). Quite correct that correlation is not same as causation . . . but in praising Switzerland we might notice other possible relationships between it being a relatively small country with a high degree of homogeneous ethnic composition, and a very high rate of gun ownership--which all perhaps feeds into it being a high personal trust culture. If we could only have that same sort of society in the USA (well, we already have the guns). Actually, we did have this sort of society until the 60s, when it all began to fall apart as politicians and our moral superiors (and employers looking for cheap wages) decided we would be a better nation if we were all less alike and did not worry about pesky things like personal morality. I wonder if the author's background was also in a homogeneous high trust environment.