[lbo-talk] a nation of haves & have-nots? Americans equallydivided...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 13 13:10:34 PDT 2007


On Sep 13, 2007, at 3:35 PM, J. Tyler wrote:


> 24% of people in 1988 who *had* to choose believed they neither had
> nor had
> not while 21% of people in 2007 believe they neither have nor have
> not. A
> paradox worthy of Zeno. Is it progress that 3% less people in 2007
> than in
> 1988 place themselves firmly in logical impossibilities? More
> evidence in
> support of the Flynn effect?

What's the Flynn effect?

But don't forget the split-the-difference imperative. When asked to choose between A and not-A, Americans often want to be in the middle.

Doug



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