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unapologetic wrote:
Does this happen to anyone else?

It never happens to me.  It’s a mystery.

_Simon_ wrote:
I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.

Yeah but this ain’t about intelligence. I’m talking about education. The BS that goes on in their classrooms. If intelligence was very formative they wouldn’t be christians.

* There it goes again. I’m quoting Simon, but it tried to say “_Robert_ wrote:”  ..…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
I’m not proposing a college-level course, but rather one that talks about the justification of one’s actions in terms of balancing benefits against consequences and the harm one does not just to society but to oneself through bad moral/ethical choices.

At the end of the day, I think that’s probably the most important take-away fro…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Nobody ever decided not to murder someone because they remembered a placard on display in their classroom.

I agree with you.  People have to reason it out.  But cultural norms must have a big influence.

@ Simon

Nobody ever decided not to murder someone because they remembered a placard on display in their classroom.

Simon Paynton wrote:
What can I say? The average in the US is 98.

Yes, that’s why we came up with the Intelligence Capital Index, LOL. USA, USA, USA. Supposedly measures the ability of a country to harness the intelligence it has.

Unseen wrote:
I’m not proposing a college-level course, but rather one that talks about the justification of one’s actions in terms of balancing benefits against consequences and the harm one does not just to society but to oneself through bad moral/ethical choices.

That would be a good thing to teach.  But it’s quite simple to teach.  It’s the p…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Why France is banning the Hijab for their Olympic athletes but Amnesty International is not happy about it.

I don’t think that France should ban the Hijab for Olympic athletes.  It’s too much interfering in individual rights.  But

the report argues that the Olympics weaponizes laïcité by imposing restrictions dis…

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What can I say?  The average in the US is 98.

Simon Paynton wrote:

unapologetic wrote:
Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations.

I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.

2nd to last

Louisiana avg IQ 95.2

unapologetic wrote:
Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations.

I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.

unapologetic wrote:
The day Biden announced withdrawing, I got a text message asking for a donation to the Harris campaign. The same day. So soon? can it be trusted?

Go to her campaign site to donate. ActBlue handles donations. Have for years for Democrat candidates.If they were a fraud, they’d have been shut down years ago.

In response to ‘banning the Hijab’, I was going to say “Yeah, but you’ll never see a nun doing sports in a habit.” Then I saw this photo:

Simon wrote:
As he says, simply putting up 10 guidelines, some of which are strange in today’s world, isn’t going to cut it.

Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations. Posting random stuff on the wall is probably standard instruction in Louisiana. And they might be tested and graded on it.

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unseen wrote:
I don’t have money to donate but I will find $25 to donate to her campaign.

The day Biden announced withdrawing, I got a text message asking for a donation to the Harris campaign. The same day. So soon? can it be trusted? I’ve gotten begging texts from both campaigns for months. I’ve ignored them, assuming they were actually from R…[Read more]

Robert wrote:
now I find myself uncaring about events.

Me too. But I think it’s about ageing. Last weekend, I went to my first sci-fi con in 20 years. It just doesn’t feel the same. I didn’t even go to any of the room parties. Today I’m feeling old.

@ Simon

I’m not proposing a college-level course, but rather one that talks about the justification of one’s actions in terms of balancing benefits against consequences and the harm one does not just to society but to oneself through bad moral/ethical choices.

Unseen wrote:
How about a course in moral philosophy instead?

I think that’s a good idea in principle.  In practice, contemporary moral philosophy is mostly, hopelessly, up its own arse.

As @davis once pointed out, they are using moral philosophy quite successfully in medical ethics.  This is because in each ethical system or scheme there are p…[Read more]

How about a course in moral philosophy instead?

(Oh, that’s right: We don’t trust anyone with studying philosophy before college: It’s dangerous.)

Simon Paynton wrote:

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Why Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is a broken moral compass.

The author, Dan Ariely, makes a good case that morality should be taught in schools, because students need to engage with it and have a hand in creating it, in order to want to follow it, which is understandable. What makes it l…

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