Social engineering arising out of more education and a focus on education at all levels from grade school to graduate school is certainly a major component to help drive priorities...
People are born with differing potentials for cognitive ability just like they're born with differing potentials to grow tall, strong, fast, etc. Education helps, but it won't eliminate inborn differences in ability.
Imagine a society totally dominated by those fortunate enough to grow big, strong, and mean: "cave man times." Where your physical size determines how much you can take and keep. I'd argue that unchecked capitalism results in a very similar kind of world. Those who are born extremely athletic, beautiful, musically talented, OR SMARTER have a huge economic advantage that can't be LEVELED no matter how much you train the klutz, makeover the ugly, teach the tone deaf, or educate the stupid.
Don't ask me what to do about that. But, let's at least acknowledge that the majority of economic losers probably just aren't capable of competing for dollars--no matter how much you educate them--in the way that people in this circle might imagine.
Superiority can only be measured against specific things. A typical bird is superior to you at flying. A typical dolphin is superior to you at swimming. You are superior(maybe) to a typical monkey at math.
Once people understand that maybe they can get over the idea of judging any race as superior in general. And then maybe we can actually start talking in public about the real and measurable differences that actually do exist among the races and what they might mean.
My initial reaction was similar to yours... if you give in then the terrorists win. They've now proven the efficacy of their tactics and therefore will be encouraged to continue or even escalate their attacks in order to get what they want. And indeed I'm sure that's all true.
However, maybe there's a silver lining here. I certainly never have agreed with the violent tactics of extreme "animal rights" groups, but at the same time I've never really taken them seriously. I've been content to just dismiss them as a few pesky nutjobs. Now that they've succeeded at depriving us of good science maybe more people will take notice and start to treat these people as a serious problem. Basically, I'm encouraged by all of the outrage I see here.
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Well I used to work for a major telecom company (whose name rhymes with "dent") and I received a couple thousand dollars in education compensation. Then (after I'd already started the classes) they changed their policy to require 1 full year employment after completeion of the classes ( it was 6 months ). Anyway, I ended up leaving that job 8 months later and now (several years later) they're sueing me. bastards!
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Social engineering arising out of more education and a focus on education at all levels from grade school to graduate school is certainly a major component to help drive priorities...
People are born with differing potentials for cognitive ability just like they're born with differing potentials to grow tall, strong, fast, etc. Education helps, but it won't eliminate inborn differences in ability.
Imagine a society totally dominated by those fortunate enough to grow big, strong, and mean: "cave man times." Where your physical size determines how much you can take and keep. I'd argue that unchecked capitalism results in a very similar kind of world. Those who are born extremely athletic, beautiful, musically talented, OR SMARTER have a huge economic advantage that can't be LEVELED no matter how much you train the klutz, makeover the ugly, teach the tone deaf, or educate the stupid.
Don't ask me what to do about that. But, let's at least acknowledge that the majority of economic losers probably just aren't capable of competing for dollars--no matter how much you educate them--in the way that people in this circle might imagine.
Superiority can only be measured against specific things.
A typical bird is superior to you at flying.
A typical dolphin is superior to you at swimming.
You are superior(maybe) to a typical monkey at math.
Once people understand that maybe they can get over the idea of judging any race as superior in general. And then maybe we can actually start talking in public about the real and measurable differences that actually do exist among the races and what they might mean.
Thank you Peter Pan.
My initial reaction was similar to yours... if you give in then the terrorists win. They've now proven the efficacy of their tactics and therefore will be encouraged to continue or even escalate their attacks in order to get what they want. And indeed I'm sure that's all true.
However, maybe there's a silver lining here. I certainly never have agreed with the violent tactics of extreme "animal rights" groups, but at the same time I've never really taken them seriously. I've been content to just dismiss them as a few pesky nutjobs. Now that they've succeeded at depriving us of good science maybe more people will take notice and start to treat these people as a serious problem. Basically, I'm encouraged by all of the outrage I see here.
>come in at noon and play foosball
heh heh... you've obviously been to Verio.
Well I used to work for a major telecom company (whose name rhymes with "dent") and I received a couple thousand dollars in education compensation. Then (after I'd already started the classes) they changed their policy to require 1 full year employment after completeion of the classes ( it was 6 months ). Anyway, I ended up leaving that job 8 months later and now (several years later) they're sueing me. bastards!