[lbo-talk] Maximise or satisfice? (was:stupid americans?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 28 13:35:11 PDT 2004


Carl Remick wrote:


>Americans are exposed to education the way they're exposed to cosmic
>rays, and the rays have a much bigger impact on them. This vast but
>vapid aura of educational attainment reflects sheer credentialism --
>simply another way that Americans try to con the rest of the world
>into thinking that we know what we're doing.

How come Americans get all those patents and Nobels?

Doug



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