@CosmonautCow@hankgreen Well, hopefully aiming to present information as honestly as possible. The whole 'anomalies from a baseline' thing is arbitrary (why that particular baseline?) and pretty useless for the average person.
@hankgreen@GoldRobin_11 Secondary effects. Clinton raised income taxes during the tech boom. Tech folks, being smart, said 'fuck income, give me equity' which led to them becoming really fucking rich.
My son, 10, figured out how to access YouTube on his school laptop even though they have it locked down. Took him ~ 10 minutes (embedding the URL in one of his programming tools, had a discussion with the schools IT about it).
Government isn't the answer. Informed parents are.
@MeganTStevenson What is the 'fundamentally unobservable thing'? Intelligence?
Note, if we going down the 'fundamentally unobservable' track you might want to think of what else gets thrown out. Starting with emotions...
@lemire We need enough people good at math to fulfill science/engineering roles. Most people just need the basics plus an understanding of interest and budgeting.
My son Duck has been wanting to make me 'pizza' every day.
Recipe:
Bread
Ketchup (lots and lots of ketchup)
Cheese
Microwave for 30 seconds
Mmmm pizza.
@RMexico11@Broccolitactics That'd be nice until someone crashes and impales themselves on the track marker.
They have to use flimsy materials for rider safety.