Again, eliminate any questionable genetic information on this site. It is a matter of integrity.
Do you mean this site - or are you still talking about that Genome Project blog ? :wary2:
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Again, eliminate any questionable genetic information on this site. It is a matter of integrity.
The truth over time will prevail. Many people, especially in the U.S., are very badly educated and have no ability to judge anything critically. Heavens, there are characters in America who don't even know that London is the capital of the U.K. ... LOL! They make judgments about ethnicities based on ridiculous media stereotypes. Educated people must keep pressing the truth...
Yes, educated people must keep pressing the truth.
As you brought up the media, I've noticed that television shows like to do "man-on-the-street" interviews asking simple questions and editing out the ones who demonstrate command of the facts. That's why we see the people who think "Kofi Annan" is a Starbuck's drink.
One truth is that a common practice of pseudo-intellectuals, who rightfully lack confidence in their own intellectual abilities, like to step on other people to get a sense of being "higher," "smarter" or "better."
Let's press another truth: Portugal has among the lowest rates of adult functional literacy in the Western World (48% adult functional illiteracy versus 14% in the U.S.). Apparently, half of Portuguese adults have never read a book.
Perhaps one should read a little more and not watch quite so much television.
TR
Yes, educated people must keep pressing the truth.
As you brought up the media, I've noticed that television shows like to do "man-on-the-street" interviews asking simple questions and editing out the ones who demonstrate command of the facts. That's why we see the people who think "Kofi Annan" is a Starbuck's drink.
One truth is that a common practice of pseudo-intellectuals, who rightfully lack confidence in their own intellectual abilities, like to step on other people to get a sense of being "higher," "smarter" or "better."
Let's press another truth: Portugal has among the lowest rates of adult functional literacy in the Western World (48% adult functional illiteracy versus 14% in the U.S.). Apparently, half of Portuguese adults have never read a book.
Perhaps one should read a little more and not watch quite so much television.
TR
The truth over time will prevail. Many people, especially in the U.S., are very badly educated and have no ability to judge anything critically. Heavens, there are characters in America who don't even know that London is the capital of the U.K. ... LOL! They make judgments about ethnicities based on ridiculous media stereotypes. Educated people must keep pressing the truth...
One thing is true, the U.S. has many of the world’s best universities.
Aaah, it seems you are making the same type of judgment based on stereotypes. While I do not necessarily disagree that many Americans have less global awareness and some politicians—mainly on the right wing—appear like complete idiots pandering to the lowest common denominator, it’s not so cut and dried. One thing is true, the U.S. has many of the world’s best universities.
Having said that, I appreciate your fervor for exposing falsehoods and seeking the truth, which is vital for science to progress.
This is quite true. But not all students attending them or professors teaching there are American ! The superiority of US universities mostly has to do with better funding (more private than public, unlike in Europe) and better management/marketing (again, because they are private businesses rather than governmental organisations).
Thank you, sir.
You're quite welcome.
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I agree, though some state schools such as California, Texas and those in the Midwest are also well regarded.
As for the foreign students that is true as well, though there seems to be a change in that many now have no desire to remain in the US but instead want to return to their countries, which is a detriment to the US economically. In the past, many intellectuals came to work not just study.
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