I really like the idea of virtuous argumentation. It seems to highlight the state vs. behavior duality. But, this seems right in line with my tendencies against (naive) realism. You tend to spend quite a bit of time trashing relativist positions (including the more extreme postmodernism), yet argue in favor of face 2 face teaching, apparently on the grounds that social context is at least somewhat powerful. Do you admit a full spectrum of power: realism <-> constructivism? Or is the rant against MOOCs just a "get off my lawn" and, deep down, you stick with hard-line realism?
RE: Cowspiracy -- Before chemo, I was approaching vegetarian. I ate meat once a week, fish once a month or so, eggs maybe twice/month. I admit I ate quite a bit of cheese, though, perhaps thrice per week. During chemo, I craved meat so much, it seemed crazy to avoid it.... and after eating it, I felt like a god (comparatively, anyway). T rebuild after treatment, I started eating ~4-6 eggs per week. Now that I've mostly recovered from the treatment, though, I've been lazy about returning to my low-animal diet. Cowspiracy is just the rhetorical stimulus I need. But it's not the climate impact that drives me so much as the water footprint. If my math is right, this site: http://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/product-gallery/ lists 3-4x higher waterprint rates for beef, cheese, and eggs. The consistency of the difference implies the relative amounts are about the same between the movie and the website. On 10/30/2015 08:06 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
You saw the question I asked and got to the question I really wanted to ask. I was a professor for years and in that role I tried to foster face to face conversation on tricky, intricate, issues. WHY? Face to face education is under a tremendous attack these days. Why not 32 MOOKS followed each by an objective test. Save on dormitories. Save on the whole /in loco parentis/ thing. Who cares if they drink too much, take drugs, and rape each other if it's not on OUR watch? Higher ed could be so much more efficient. Do we really need to spend tens of thousands of dollars to teach kids how to GROOM?
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