Re: All hail Bob!
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:37:07 GMT
Message-ID: <DMn8g.5935$A26.150888_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> I have no evidence that would suggest the level of appreciation
> for education is either rising or falling among the general
> public. I have noted a strong tendency for people to consider
> the present worse than the past, so I am somewhat suspicious
> of the "us get stupider" hypothesis.
>
> Marshall
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:37:07 GMT
Message-ID: <DMn8g.5935$A26.150888_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Marshall Spight 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?
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> 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
Actually, the Flynn effect records that measured intelligence has been rising.
The advent of secular religion and political correctness certainly present problems for us, but I think the days of PC are numbered. The biggest problems we face here in the west are demographic. Received on Wed May 10 2006 - 17:37:07 CEST