5 Stupid things about Ayn Rand

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Penn Jillette has a good video on this subject.

I like Penn Jillette as an entertainer.As a thinker,not so much

I think some/a lot of people care desperately about education.That everyone/the majority does is I think a bourgeois fantasy.

There are two broad reasons for my position:

There are differences of opinion about what exactly constitutes education;

For me,education is far more than literacy and numeracy; children need to be taught to think,and to always question, not to simply accept because a teacher/parent says so. IE children should not be taught WHAT to think. The composition of the curriculum should be largely irrelevant. Even so, I prefer any curriculum to be based science and evidence than the dogmatic authority of religion.

IF people were desperately concerned about education,public education would be a top priority,with top rate schools and brilliant,highly paid teachers.

My perception is that Jillette argues from ideology,not from evidence and therefore has no credibility with me. That is also why I am unable to support any single ideology.

So far,the most effective and equitable system I've seen is the one we have here in Australia: A form of regulated capitalism with some socialist elements. I am aware our system is flawed, I assert only that it suits me (mostly) and seems better than most*.

Possible exceptions;The Netherlands, Scandinavia , Canada and the UK..