tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post8474256967823109452..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: why america's teachers are enragedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-39500293049697534002011-03-02T08:51:47.925-06:002011-03-02T08:51:47.925-06:00Speaking of irrationality... I recently ran across...Speaking of irrationality... I recently ran across a study that discovered that as many as 20% of divorces are completely preventable -- if people accepted their irrationality. It's been long known that the major histocompatibility index (MHCI) can be detected olfactorily by women. The more different a man's MHCI, the healthier the woman's children will be. The study discovered that women on the pill are much more likely to choose men with an MHCI more <i>similar</i> to theirs. Those women, after going off the pill to get pregnant, were statistically more likely to say things like, "he started to really get on my nerves." Tragically (for the children) these just-so stories would lead to divorce. Other studies have correlated the factors of attraction and the single most significant factor is MHCI difference. Facial symmetry and sense of humor were number 2 and 3, but much less significant. The point I'm making here is that all the just-so stories women tell themselves about any other reason why they like any particular man is simply nonsense no matter how emphatic they are. If women would simply recognize that their sense of smell is almost the sole determinant for relationship happiness much gnashing of teeth could be avoided.<br /><br />So, knowing this, why don't I go around shouting this from the rooftops? It is easily just as significant as the accounting shenanigans that you're concerned about. Here's why: regardless of the solidity of the research, every woman I've spoken about this with tells me that the research is wrong! That they love their boyfriend|husband|lover because he's ____. No matter what technique of persuasion I use, they <i>refuse</i> to listen.Dale Asberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-28476503047515437852011-03-02T08:13:13.597-06:002011-03-02T08:13:13.597-06:00Information does not change human irrationality. T...Information does not change human irrationality. They (information and irrationality) pervade every moment of our being. I'll say it one more time: <i><b>Overcoming irrationality requires recognition, acceptance, focused study and feedback.</b></i> This is an individual process. You can go on about accounting or teaching or whatever cause is eating at you, but until people embark on this process - on their own - it will be meaningless. The sad fact is, once they do embark on that process, they'll recognize the farcical and irrational nature of <i>your</i> arguments and move right on past you.Dale Asberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-20458941600320432662011-03-01T12:44:00.136-06:002011-03-01T12:44:00.136-06:00Nah man... it can't be done but we paid attent...Nah man... it can't be done but we paid attention in the classUglyblackjohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-17988000288281423412011-03-01T03:53:47.250-06:002011-03-01T03:53:47.250-06:00Don't keep us all in suspense. Did anyone eve...Don't keep us all in suspense. Did anyone ever score the $100...??<br /><br />[Your search - "trisect angle" "straight pin" string "straight edge" - did not match any documents...]Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-7782126015300194122011-02-28T22:59:33.591-06:002011-02-28T22:59:33.591-06:00Third grade - the teacher promised an "A"...Third grade - the teacher promised an "A" and one hundred dollars to anyone who could trisect an angle using only a straight pin, a string and a straight edge.<br />He said that we had to pay attention in class to see how it could be done and that we could only work on the problem after we'd finished our daily assignments.<br />I was at a 'bad' school as well but with teachers who made us think.<br />But we also had parents who thought that education was one of the best tools to use to get out of the hood.<br />Being thought of as smart wasn't bad - but being goofy or lacking social skills was.<br />That same teacher is still using that carrot to this day at the same school.Uglyblackjohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-80128055776423783672011-02-27T20:21:44.026-06:002011-02-27T20:21:44.026-06:00It would have no effect. People are irrational (sp...It would have no effect. People are irrational (spenders). Accounting would not change this fundamental certainty. THAT is the subject of every post on this blog. Overcoming irrationality requires recognition, acceptance, focused study and feedback.Dale Asberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-16277819205440493072011-02-27T19:00:26.541-06:002011-02-27T19:00:26.541-06:00Why exactly is that Umbra? Nothing stopping you fr...Why exactly is that Umbra? Nothing stopping you from proliferating and profiting from an effective, alternative new model...CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-79557767745785169082011-02-27T17:30:44.145-06:002011-02-27T17:30:44.145-06:00I bought one of these to check out.
http://www.yo...I bought one of these to check out.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCHHAFyp9I0<br /><br />In many ways it sucks compared to what you can get for $250 to $400 and cheap Android tablets will be common soon. But it is amazing how much difference 1.5 versus 3.2 pounds makes. You can't hold an OLPC in one hand very long and type with the other. A friend of mine got a myTouch 4G. It is 3 times as fast as the Sylvania and plays at higher resolution even though the screen is smaller. That Sylvania with a 1 GHz processor could be VERY Good it is only 320 MHz. Oh yeah, it need more memory too. Only 128 meg.<br /><br />So the point is what software for the hardware and how to use it for education. The Sylvania takes 8 gig SD Cards. That is enough for from 100 to 24,000 books depending on size and format. And netbooks come with 250 gig drives. So a 100 gig education pack would still leave 150 gig for operating system and workspace. In 1980 the best colleges didn't have that much processing power and storage.<br /><br />When are the Luddites going to get their heads out of their asses to figure out what to do with this stuff or are they just afraid to? Dell and HP just want to make money. You MUST upgrade every TWO YEARS!<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />What kind of cyber-society we are going to create is the problem. Of course we need to sit around and wait for the palefaces to tell us what to do.umbrarchisthttp://twitter.com/umbrarchistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-59685615367282692812011-02-27T14:16:45.829-06:002011-02-27T14:16:45.829-06:00What I said was:
"It is about the effect kno...What I said was:<br /><br />"It is about the effect knowing accounting would have on people's thinking before they spend money."<br /><br />How you changed that I do not know. I admit the net effect in the long run is not predictable. It MIGHT be none or it might be a lot on a small percentage of the population. If it affected the biggest 10% of consumers it could be considerable.umbrarchisthttp://twitter.com/umbrarchistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-41795994197422877432011-02-26T14:11:39.181-06:002011-02-26T14:11:39.181-06:00Nice..., focused competition. I believe I hate the...Nice..., focused competition. I believe I hate them already.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-43656344354138799092011-02-26T12:35:18.486-06:002011-02-26T12:35:18.486-06:00Having watched enough youth sports leagues and eve...Having watched enough youth sports leagues and events and having observed how adults systematically interfere with and destroy children's natural genius for self-organization, I find the prospect of children being given goals and tools, and the autonomy to self-organize their approach to the use and mastery of the same, VERY promising. <br /><br />Your point about school being a social filter - one of the primary purposes of which is - careful control of access and exposure to high-status social strata is dead on the money too. <br /><br />You really must.stop.lurking Wizz - and instead actively participate on the regular.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com