Re: [Phys-l] Placebo Education

["LaMontagne, Bob" <RLAMONT@providence.edu>]

Which cohort? Ted Kennedy - father of NCLB?

Bob at PC

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] on behalf of Bernard Cleyet [bernardcleyet@redshift.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Placebo Education

On 2011, Jul 23, , at 19:35, John Denker wrote:

> that part hasn't worked out so well.
>
> It is always thus with placebos.

Did (work well) for Bush and his cohorts.

And:

> The primary, fundamental, and overarching purpose of education is
> to get people to learn how to think properly.  One small component
> of this is learning how to recognize fallacious thinking.


Which is why, I think, the religious right, et alii rail against the above education.

bc
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