I think what it means when the most educated are not also found to be at least
among the wealthiest in a culture is that the people of that culture value many
other things more than knowledge and education.
Bob
Mike Palij wrote:
>If it is reasonable to expect Nobel prize winners to have advanced academic
>degrees, why isn't it reasonable to expect that the richest people in a
>society should also have an over representation of people with advanced
>academic degrees? Being among the richest people in a society also confer
>enormous power in other areas (e.g., political power, media influence, etc.)
>as well as influence over the lives of
>millions of people ...
>If Ph.D.s and other advanced degrees are not overrepresented in the richest
>segment of a society what does that say about intellect and its cultivation
>and the attainment of power and influence in a society?
Bob Wildblood, PhD, HSPP
Lecturer in Psychology
Indiana University Kokomo
Kokomo, IN 46904-9003
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765-236-0583 - 765-776-1727
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velocity in a vacuum.
- Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)
Not thinking critically, I assumed that the "successful" prayers were proof
that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something
wrong with me.
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our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and
the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
- Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
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