[Krimel] "Think of how dumb the average guy is and remember that half of the people are dumber than him." I mostly object to theologies and political view that elevate ignorance to a virtue.
[Arlo] The irony is that the same people who seek hierarchies of superiority in every other facet of life, try to create a flat "no one is dumber or smarter than anyone else" when it comes to understanding complex fields like philosophy and physics. And frankly, I don't find the discrepancy among the population to be one of innate ability, as to a sad combination of the failure to educate compounded by, as you eloquently call it, the cultural impetus of the day that elevates ignorance to a virtue. On a humourous (the "u" is for the Brits among us) note, lest we forget how "informed" many in the general population are, check out this clip from the sadly telling " Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader... http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/29/video-is-europe-a-country/ Jeff does not ask her who she voted for in the last election, but my money is on Bush ;-) Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
