It depends on what kind of end result is desired from the system. I want smart, scientifically literate, people to walk out the doors. But, that would also call for 'huge' changes in the way western countries work. Can you imagine what the world would look like if the majority of people simply had an understanding of scientific methodology and the basics of logic? I think an alien invasion would cause less change.
Wake up, even the medical establishment are alarmed about overuse of C-section.
I'll agree that overuse is a problem. But I worked at a hospital for a few years, and it's a pretty strong convincing agent that going the natural way can be good, but only when that includes being in the hospital. If there's 'any' chance of my wife dying that could be lessened by having birth occur in a hospital, I'm going to take it, despite being near hippy level as far as these things usually go. It's not just c-sections we're talking about, there's a unbelievable amount of things that can go wrong during birth that'll kill the woman. Blood loss especially. I definitely don't have any IV setups, blood, D5/.9 drips sitting around or the training to use them if I did.
If you're healthy and have job, you probably will not won't give what I have to say a second thought.
Seriously, young guys, your health won't last forever. I'm only in my mid twenties, and thought that my never having been seriously sick before meant that I was some kind of superbeing with a godlike immune system. Well, a quick exposure to a dramatically different climate changed that, and I spent half a year getting more and more sick. I'm better now, but it could have easily switched directions. And the main reason I got so bad was lack of proper treatment. I "had work to do" as my excuse, before really noticing how bad it'd become. But if my excuse had been, "Wife and kid need food provided by money I'd use for medical costs" I could see myself having died.
Health care is a huge issue, and even more so if you have ANY notions of breaking the chains of employment for a large company.
I was coming in to post exactly the same. A while back I worked in a company which had that same problem. The founder had his shit down to the needle about five years ago. Awesome guy, really smart, and he was like a walking encyclopedia of tech from that time period. But things have changed, he didn't realize that his staying the same was in fact a problem if he was making the tech decisions, and I was getting the feeling of a sinking ship after fixing errors for my home use that I wasn't allowed to implement at my work station because the boss didn't grasp how it worked.
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It depends on what kind of end result is desired from the system. I want smart, scientifically literate, people to walk out the doors. But, that would also call for 'huge' changes in the way western countries work. Can you imagine what the world would look like if the majority of people simply had an understanding of scientific methodology and the basics of logic? I think an alien invasion would cause less change.
Wake up, even the medical establishment are alarmed about overuse of C-section.
I'll agree that overuse is a problem. But I worked at a hospital for a few years, and it's a pretty strong convincing agent that going the natural way can be good, but only when that includes being in the hospital. If there's 'any' chance of my wife dying that could be lessened by having birth occur in a hospital, I'm going to take it, despite being near hippy level as far as these things usually go. It's not just c-sections we're talking about, there's a unbelievable amount of things that can go wrong during birth that'll kill the woman. Blood loss especially. I definitely don't have any IV setups, blood, D5/.9 drips sitting around or the training to use them if I did.
If you're healthy and have job, you probably will not won't give what I have to say a second thought.
Seriously, young guys, your health won't last forever. I'm only in my mid twenties, and thought that my never having been seriously sick before meant that I was some kind of superbeing with a godlike immune system. Well, a quick exposure to a dramatically different climate changed that, and I spent half a year getting more and more sick. I'm better now, but it could have easily switched directions. And the main reason I got so bad was lack of proper treatment. I "had work to do" as my excuse, before really noticing how bad it'd become. But if my excuse had been, "Wife and kid need food provided by money I'd use for medical costs" I could see myself having died. Health care is a huge issue, and even more so if you have ANY notions of breaking the chains of employment for a large company.
Pliny the elder was a hack. Pliny the younger, his hip and edgy style is where it's at.
I was coming in to post exactly the same. A while back I worked in a company which had that same problem. The founder had his shit down to the needle about five years ago. Awesome guy, really smart, and he was like a walking encyclopedia of tech from that time period. But things have changed, he didn't realize that his staying the same was in fact a problem if he was making the tech decisions, and I was getting the feeling of a sinking ship after fixing errors for my home use that I wasn't allowed to implement at my work station because the boss didn't grasp how it worked.