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Fred Sanders

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2. Education can be used and it can be abused and it can be used and abused to pander and pretend, but mostly it is good.

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:10 PM

Mar 2015

And mix educstion with belief in magical thinking and Old Testament fire and brimstone and you get "Cruz Smart", much like "Carson Smart", or "Mullah Smart".

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The smartest guy I ever met was also the stupidest guy I ever met. [View all] trumad Mar 2015 OP

True, admission to a school doesn't mean shit, much of the time. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #1

Education can be used and it can be abused and it can be used and abused to pander and pretend, but mostly it is good. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #2

Doesn't mean squat if you can't apply it. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #3

Ted Cruz thinks he's smarter than he is. I find it to be a problem. bravenak Mar 2015 #4

We see examples every day of Ivy League graduates who are dumber than single-celled organisms. nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2015 #5

Not sure what to think of Cruz freethought Mar 2015 #6

Regardless of the degrees Shrub was decorated with TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #7

If he were really as stupid as he acts, they wouldn't have to pay him so much to act that way. Orsino Mar 2015 #8

All this discussion of if Cruz is smart or not doesn't matter n2doc Mar 2015 #9