RE: Basic intelligence in America.(rant)
July 30, 2012 at 8:56 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2012 at 8:56 am by Faith No More.)
CliveStaples Wrote:Do you have proof for any of this? It seems like complete speculation. It certainly doesn't characterize how my conservative parents feel about education. Note: certification is not the same as education; many college degrees aren't worth having. And both my parents have graduate degrees; I'd be surprised to find out that they think education is "wicked and evil".
When I said this, I was specifically thinking about Rick Santorum's position that colleges are idoctrinations for the left, and his "statistic" that 62% of students that enter college with faith leave without it.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2...ida_au.php
The fact that he has a decent size following would mean that plenty of people agree. I know there are other examples out there. This one, however, was what I had in mind when I said that.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
