Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Due Dissidence"
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@denverlove Well, when I was in the French system, all admissions testing was achievement-based, and aptitude/IQ testing for admission to any program was against the law. Each diploma gave you a right of access to the next level. Their production of world-class writers, philosophers, Fields medalists, filmmakers, etc., relative to their population is either the highest in the world or close. The Ministry of Education set the standards. It's uncanny how many of our great writers lived there, too. They have that certain something.
I don't know how they're doing now, since "modernizing." In other words, they started copying us. So far, the results in general are meager, but some good stuff is emerging. I think.
I don't know how Oxford/Cambridge run admissions, but I think their tutorial system is the best education in the world. I also think that any system that throws you into practicums that make you apply what you've just learned is better in principle than studying, writing papers, and taking tests. That's why lab sciences should be part of every degree. I think our system for teaching lab sciences is the best -- or was? That was our thing. And it can't happen online or with AI simulations.
Also, do any of us really know what Russia, China, and India are doing? We hear a soundbite now and then.
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​@DMAN590 The technical reason Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme is that the new dollars coming in are taxes from salaries that generally keep pace with the overall economy (and when they don't, people still in the labor force do have options), whereas the payouts do not keep pace. Social Security benefits are never raised to account for the full impact of inflation. Hence, the benefits depend on the salary you earned pre-inflation, for the rest of your life, and the only sure way to rectify that is to return to work. That's not a Ponzi scheme.
What it is dependent on is adequate revenues -- just like police, fire, public education, DOD, DHS, and well-maintained highways.
You're welcome. Please clap.
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