[HN Gopher] Goodbye, MIT
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Goodbye, MIT
Author : RickJWagner
Score : 14 points
Date : 2021-11-06 22:10 UTC (51 minutes ago)
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| BearOso wrote:
| I vote completely progressive, but I agree there are demons on
| the left, just like on the right. The point at which common sense
| flies out the window and emotion becomes the driving force, it's
| extremism or cultism, not politics.
| testASW2 wrote:
| testing
| sokoloff wrote:
| I feel genuinely conflicted about these topics. Part of me says
| "I agree with the letter authors completely. People should
| experience equal opportunity, equal Justice, and equal
| responsibility." Another part of me says "that's literally
| impossible (or incompatible) with different families raising
| their children with different circumstances."
|
| Overall, I probably lean pretty strongly towards individual
| families raising their children as best they can with all the
| benefits and drawbacks that come from that system. But I think
| it's fantasy to believe that that results in perfectly equal
| opportunities.
|
| My kids will get way more comp.sci and math from me and more
| biology from my wife than average. Other kids will get more
| music, art, writing, foreign language, sports or other exposure
| from their family. If it turns out that one of those is more
| valuable, well the different kids didn't have equal
| opportunities. Other kids worried about nutrition, whether one
| parent would beat the other, or with a parent in jail. Clearly
| not equal opportunity.
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