Jed,
I would place the primary blame on the school. A technical school and
no one there can tell the difference between a clock and a bomb? Really?
All the teachers involved must really dumb if they couldn't tell there
was no explosive present, even the non technical ones.
I disagree that the journalists are the problem. I have first hand
knowledge of DOE and other government organizations and it was the PhD
physicists who were the most ignorant and dogmatic when it came to AGW
and LENR. The journalists know they don't know and ask an "expert."
It seems to me the upcoming generation lacks technical common sense -
something I also blame the educational system and culture for.
Doing what authority wants without question is dangerous too. You
never know what idiotic scheme they might come up with. It might be
lets start another stupid war in the Middle East this time and you must
serve. Forget about the US deposing Iran's Prime Minister and
inserting a dictator, or Iraq or Libya. The current refugee disaster is
almost entirely America's fault. I have no reason to trust authority
anymore.
I've just listened to most of the GOP presidential debate. God help us.
