Junk Science
I realize I haven't blogged for a bit. But this caught my eye!! Is there a landslide of speculation about causes of basic phenomenon. Like the decline in some otter population in Florida. Is it caused by off-shore drilling or is it caused by fishing? Well, the answer it seems is what ever your pet political bent is!! If you are an anti-gun guy or gal, then the answer is fishing. Those hunter fishermen are the root of all evil ya know. But if you are anti-oil, which is all the rage these days, then the answer is off-shore drilling. Who cares that the drilling is over 100 miles away from the otters and the currents don't support your theory. Actual causes are not the point. What do you think this is science? This isn;t science this is politics.
When I was at Stanford, Stanford began the big push away from "classical education" to "inclusive education" in the Freshman Western Civilization classes. Basically, in the Western Civilization series that all freshmen are required to take, a bunch of special interest groups said that their role in the culture was being overlooked. "We are part of the culture, so where is our role in the development" The problem is just because a group exists now in the culture does not mean that to understand our society and its evolution, you must understand the role of that group. Sure every one plays a role but was Sitting Bull a mover and a shaker compared with Thomas Jefferson. Who do we include in our reading list Alice Walker or Rene Descarte? Well, there are enough white males so of course Alice Walker. She did win a pulitzer ya know!! But she didn't change the world. Alice Walker did not provide the intellectual force to move the culture. WHO CARES ABOUT CAUSES THIS IS POLITICS!! Well, that is the point isn't it.
In all areas of life, the key is the proper assignment of cause. If we are talking about Sea Otters or the evolution of the culture, you have to prove that the cause you assign is accurate regardless of your political agenda. Here is a key to knowledge!!
When I was at Stanford, Stanford began the big push away from "classical education" to "inclusive education" in the Freshman Western Civilization classes. Basically, in the Western Civilization series that all freshmen are required to take, a bunch of special interest groups said that their role in the culture was being overlooked. "We are part of the culture, so where is our role in the development" The problem is just because a group exists now in the culture does not mean that to understand our society and its evolution, you must understand the role of that group. Sure every one plays a role but was Sitting Bull a mover and a shaker compared with Thomas Jefferson. Who do we include in our reading list Alice Walker or Rene Descarte? Well, there are enough white males so of course Alice Walker. She did win a pulitzer ya know!! But she didn't change the world. Alice Walker did not provide the intellectual force to move the culture. WHO CARES ABOUT CAUSES THIS IS POLITICS!! Well, that is the point isn't it.
In all areas of life, the key is the proper assignment of cause. If we are talking about Sea Otters or the evolution of the culture, you have to prove that the cause you assign is accurate regardless of your political agenda. Here is a key to knowledge!!
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