Great post Carolin, I agree on every point. I'm also math-educated, my favorite subject was "Probability and Statistics". Not that you need such training to see through the BS, it was obvious to me as a teenager in the 60's that authorities can't be trusted, and are the last who should have any authority. Then Vietnam came along to valid…
Great post Carolin, I agree on every point. I'm also math-educated, my favorite subject was "Probability and Statistics". Not that you need such training to see through the BS, it was obvious to me as a teenager in the 60's that authorities can't be trusted, and are the last who should have any authority. Then Vietnam came along to validate that, not that such validation was needed. When your first sentence included "people that I PREVIOUSLY thought were critical thinkers" I figured this would be a comment worth reading. I hate it when people who fell for the obvious scams are described as "intelligent".
Great post Carolin, I agree on every point. I'm also math-educated, my favorite subject was "Probability and Statistics". Not that you need such training to see through the BS, it was obvious to me as a teenager in the 60's that authorities can't be trusted, and are the last who should have any authority. Then Vietnam came along to validate that, not that such validation was needed. When your first sentence included "people that I PREVIOUSLY thought were critical thinkers" I figured this would be a comment worth reading. I hate it when people who fell for the obvious scams are described as "intelligent".