Re: Argument for 1NF by counter-example

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:

>"Kenneth Downs" <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message news:mijllc.ma3.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net...
>>
>> Decline of educational standards, entitlement mentality, failure of
>> leadership, take your pick.
>
>I'm always intrigued when people speak of a "decline." Do
>we have any ***non-anecdotal*** evidence to suggest there
>is such a decline?
>
>The reason I am not interested in anecdotal evidence is
>because it's clear to me that human nature tends us
>in the direction of forgetting our own faults but being
>painfully aware of the faults of the generation that
>comes after us. Thus, an *apparent* decline is a fixed
>part of the human condition. You can finds quotes
>back through the ages on the decline of young people.

     You can also find declines. For example, where is the Roman Empire?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.