tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post933336497383816701..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: Fighting for Freedom from RealityWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-38127320483761105622008-08-15T17:49:00.000-05:002008-08-15T17:49:00.000-05:00I'm glad you wrote about this issue. I missed it ...I'm glad you wrote about this issue. I missed it completely. Parts of it would also lend itself to good political satire. Indeed, I was laughing aloud by the time I finished the phrase "THE flood."<BR/><BR/>By coincidence, I also blogged about education today, but from a different angle. There is a new policy in Dallas that wants to <A HREF="http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/education-without-limits/" REL="nofollow">decouple student actions from consequences</A>. Now I'm wondering if there is any kind of connection between the underlying educational assumptions in these two cases. Maybe not, but something to think about.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I came across that story because of Ender, who I quote in it. Ender also once offered the following gem on twitter: "all science = theory = obviously NOT true since it’s ‘just’ a theory and not a fact." She was talking about global warming skepticism, but her statement relates to the phenomenon you describe as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com