"Kids need to know what your teacher teaches you is what everyone "thinks" to be right at the moment, but who knows what the future will bring. If you're going to lobby gangbusters to teach the kids of today something, teach them to evaluate what they are taught themselves. The world is many shades of grey, not black and white."
That's a good approach for subjects other than hard science. My high school gov'ment teacher used to have us practice logic/analysis skills by trying to enumerate facts conveyed in advertisements.
But it's not a good approach for hard science.
Evolution / Intelligent Design?
Chemistry / Alchemy?
Astronomy / Astrology?
Teach them all, and let the kids decide!
-Jason
Does anyone know why a voter-verifiable paper trail isn't required for all electronic voting equipment in every state?
The only attempt I've heard by Diebold to explain why they are against it is cost, but if every mfr had to meet that requirement, it would be a cost they would pass to the consumer (at a profit). And given that these machines cost thousands of dollars, we're not talking about a very expensive feature here.
If increasing cost by a few percent is the only reason anyone can give why they don't want to implement a solution that will make all concerns over government requirements, public confidence, intellectual property, and security melt away, then I'm pretty sure that reason only exists to mask a more sinister reason.
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"Kids need to know what your teacher teaches you is what everyone "thinks" to be right at the moment, but who knows what the future will bring. If you're going to lobby gangbusters to teach the kids of today something, teach them to evaluate what they are taught themselves. The world is many shades of grey, not black and white." That's a good approach for subjects other than hard science. My high school gov'ment teacher used to have us practice logic/analysis skills by trying to enumerate facts conveyed in advertisements. But it's not a good approach for hard science. Evolution / Intelligent Design? Chemistry / Alchemy? Astronomy / Astrology? Teach them all, and let the kids decide! -Jason
Does anyone know why a voter-verifiable paper trail isn't required for all electronic voting equipment in every state? The only attempt I've heard by Diebold to explain why they are against it is cost, but if every mfr had to meet that requirement, it would be a cost they would pass to the consumer (at a profit). And given that these machines cost thousands of dollars, we're not talking about a very expensive feature here. If increasing cost by a few percent is the only reason anyone can give why they don't want to implement a solution that will make all concerns over government requirements, public confidence, intellectual property, and security melt away, then I'm pretty sure that reason only exists to mask a more sinister reason.