Re: All hail Bob!
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 23:11:03 GMT
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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.
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 23:11:03 GMT
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Marshall Spight wrote:
> 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.
Both these organisations, I think I can safely assume, use SI to fly their stuff, but have adjusted their output for domestic consumption.
Was there a single point genesis of this change or was it something that arose during the coalescing of the Union?
Cheers, Frank. Received on Thu May 11 2006 - 01:11:03 CEST