On the radio, in an alternate universe. Thrilled, because Trump has already brought more jobs here than Obama did in 8 years. Thrilled, because after years of divisiveness, Trump will unify the country.
That's what he thinks, expressed with great passion and joy. Too many like him, and it's hopeless. This guy clearly would pick up a gun to defend his savior.
Which brings this to mind.
Most of my adult life I've considered the most important human question to be: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW? Epistemology. (Hence my short story, "The Epistemological Uncle").
Our schools ignore this, by and large. A college philosophy class might consider it. I was lucky to have a renegade high school teacher, Paul Finot, who used a book entitled How To Lie With Statistics to broach the issue.
My own serious study over the years ended in two parallel concerns: the Scientific Method and Faith. In school and culture, we get too much of the latter and not enough of the former. But these are the yin and yang of knowledge.
That's what he thinks, expressed with great passion and joy. Too many like him, and it's hopeless. This guy clearly would pick up a gun to defend his savior.
Which brings this to mind.
Most of my adult life I've considered the most important human question to be: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW? Epistemology. (Hence my short story, "The Epistemological Uncle").
Our schools ignore this, by and large. A college philosophy class might consider it. I was lucky to have a renegade high school teacher, Paul Finot, who used a book entitled How To Lie With Statistics to broach the issue.
My own serious study over the years ended in two parallel concerns: the Scientific Method and Faith. In school and culture, we get too much of the latter and not enough of the former. But these are the yin and yang of knowledge.
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