Re: All hail Bob!

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 10 May 2006 07:16:14 -0700
Message-ID: <1147270574.633380.187830@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>

Keith H Duggar wrote:

> On another note, does anyone have any thoughts as to why
> willful ignorance and mediocrity has become so fashionable?
> Or has it always been in fashion?

I have no evidence that would suggest the level of appreciation for education is either rising or falling among the general public. I have noted a strong tendency for people to consider the present worse than the past, so I am somewhat suspicious of the "us get stupider" hypothesis.

Marshall Received on Wed May 10 2006 - 09:16:14 CDT