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Where are people like Neil Degrasse Tyson and... (Original Post) Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 OP
? LostinRed May 2020 #1
Neil was on CNN talking about the Falcon launch and the space program today. onecaliberal May 2020 #2
It was a rhetorical question. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #3
This is the system we have allowed. onecaliberal May 2020 #5
I agree. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #6
The concurrent pandemic is limiting. alittlelark May 2020 #4

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
3. It was a rhetorical question.
Sun May 31, 2020, 01:48 AM
May 2020

My point is that this country needs major improvements in education.

And then we have this kind of nonsense in this country:

https://theconversation.com/the-iq-test-wars-why-screening-for-intelligence-is-still-so-controversial-81428

Ironically, some districts in the US have recently employed a maximum IQ score for admission into the police force. The fear was that those who scored too highly would eventually find the work boring and leave – after significant time and resources had been put towards their training.

onecaliberal

(32,779 posts)
5. This is the system we have allowed.
Sun May 31, 2020, 02:12 AM
May 2020

We sat idly by while the republicans incrementally looted the treasury.
People are exhausted. Until we vote for those who will work for we the people we’re screwed.

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