tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post2497167630094024727..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Cognitive partitioning & meritocracy (Part II)Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-73649219335515749152008-11-11T22:33:00.000-05:002008-11-11T22:33:00.000-05:00Oops. Minus three points for use of the egghead w...Oops. Minus three points for use of the egghead word "folkways".<BR/><BR/><BR/>Other than that, verrry interesting so far.<BR/><BR/>--See DubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-801331631151323952008-11-11T20:52:00.000-05:002008-11-11T20:52:00.000-05:00Stacy:I think you are correct in regards to the in...Stacy:<BR/>I think you are correct in regards to the intellectual elites in the republican party and meritocracy, but I do not think it is a problem that is particular to them. Look at who we have had for presidents. Where have they gone to school? There is an academic elitism (for the most part) no matter what the economic background. Look at the drubbing Palin took? Do you think it was coincidence that she went to state schools, was a regular person and got the hard time she did? As much as Bush gets a hard time and has been likened to an idiot, he did go to Harvard. What you haven't said about the great unwashed is that there are people that have high IQs and don't go to ivy league schools and aren't part of the elite in this country. My point is, there are plenty of people smart enough to to be in national politics, but do not. I do not think this hegemony is solely based on IQ. Lastly, I went to graduate school at NYU and went to a state school undergrad. Believe me, NYU was not worth what I paid for it in terms of the educational experience. Thanks for the article.The Right Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000916651068780486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-84948356068063538052008-11-11T20:14:00.000-05:002008-11-11T20:14:00.000-05:00You are on fire, Mr. R. S. McCain. This post and P...You are on fire, Mr. R. S. McCain. This post and Part I were excellent, as was your post on Sarah Palin and prayer. I think I now understand why you "slept like a baby" after the Palin rally; it wasn't really about McCain's chances of winning, after all, was it?<BR/><BR/>My background is in I/O psych; you're absolutely right about intelligence testing. There's even more that's destructive about it, including its roots in eugenics thanks to Sir Francis Galton, cousin of Darwin. (You can't make this stuff up.) <BR/><BR/>I will be linking to Part I ("abolish public schools") when I get around to writing another post to explain <A HREF="http://standinthetrenches.blogspot.com/2008/11/today.html" REL="nofollow">this one</A>, where I said that people should take their kids out of public schools immediately. I caught some flak about that in the comments from a dear nephew who happens to be a public school teacher. <BR/><BR/>I explained to him in an email (and hope to expand on it in another post) that while I have a great respect for the public school teachers I personally know, who often work heroically against all odds, with students who come to kindergarten five years behind already, I have a huge problem with the curriculum, the NEA, DARE, suicide prevention programs, Gaia-worship and all the rest of it. It's more than a waste of time and taxpayer money, it's a prime cause of the destruction of our civilization (a la Bill Ayers and all the rest).<BR/><BR/>He thought my statement was bold; wait till he reads Part I here!M.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14381591470909822590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-9827979680088778802008-11-11T17:41:00.000-05:002008-11-11T17:41:00.000-05:00This series is so dead freaking on it hurts.This series is so dead freaking on it hurts.TomM.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09593255193340617837noreply@blogger.com