--- james at communistbanker.com wrote:
>
> Which raises the question - why are you all going on
> about this? Do you
> just like to feel superior? Or are you just trying
> to explain why
> socialism hasn't happened yet?
>
> James Greenstein
Well, that's a good point James; however, I am going on about it because there can be little doubt that the educational system in this country is failing. So while I am not suggesting that Americans are inherently stupid, there is something wrong with our educational system. So rather than stupid, the word "ignorant" might be more appropriate.
I am convinced that the problem does not stem uniquely from reduced spending on education. Television culture has something to do with it. Though I will admit to not having in-depth knowledge of the subject, it occurs to me that the various attempts to "increase student self-esteem" through such measures as easing the SAT standards, etc, are indeed VERY STUPID. Obviously students coming from low-income groups come to school with a disadvantage...but this problem afflicts more than just those coming from poor families. It's pandemic.
Thomas
===== The real world gives the subset of what is; the product space represents the uncertainty of the observer. The product space may therefore change if the observer changes; and two observers may legitimately use different product spaces within which to record the same subset of actual events in some actual thing. The "constraint" is thus a relation between observer and thing; the properties of any particular constraint will depend on both the real thing and on the observer. It follows that a substantial part of the theory of organization will be concerned with properties that are not intrinsice to the thing but are relational between observer and thing.
W. Ross Ashby
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