This. so much this. defund the US Department of Education

You do know that the IQ test is based on the normal distribution? That means that at any given time the values provided are within that distribution. Which means as the scores increase based on performance the values stay the same. Think of it as the ultimate test on a curve.

Have a link: https://www.quora.com/Does-IQ-...

there is more and more evidence that masking was pointless.

Here have a link: https://www.washingtonexaminer...

https://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/3... https://nclab.com/courses/spat...

It appears that it can be taught.

There used to be this thing back in the day, like 15 years ago, called "Local Control"

Our entire education system was built upon it. Teachers taught what the communities that paid them wanted them to teach. Now teachers teach what they feel is best and want everyone to just trust their judgement. But that is not really how government spending works. People want to have a say in the education of their spawn, and the worst thing that could have happened was the pandemic where they sent the children home. Now, the thing that the PTA has been asking for years to happen has happened and the teachers are like "Whoa, what do you mean you do not like what we teach, we're professionals!"

which means not a whit to most people who just do not care.

The hilarity we see now is just the result of that. I keep saying that as we go further and further down this road where we are unable to find any common ground that the country will slowly fray until there will be no choice but to dissolve. Of course, that's when China wins, but hey. they did it fair and square, using our tactics even! Good on them.

In any event, this comes back to the measures of intelligence. If we as a country are becoming less and less able to think critically and use verbal and logical reasoning skills that implies that the ability to find common ground is a dying skill. This is bad.

Well, since they're diametrically opposed, one of them has to be right. That's just logic.

It appears "spatial reasoning can be trained wins"

https://nclab.com/courses/spat...

https://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/3...

So you make an unsubstantiated claim, Then you demand that the person who refutes you provide proof to prove your claim wrong before you'll substantiate your claim.

I think this may actually be a poster child for what the article is about. Verbal reasoning skills are dropping right along side the ability to have civil discourse.

They're already building out a charging network. It's supposed to cover the eastern seaboard first.
https://electrek.co/2022/07/14...

What I get from this is "Do not take care of your tools"

This is why we all have insurance, because we can not afford to pay from our own funds for a mundane injury.

thanks for noticing this!

Except maybe in the taste department. I mean come on Caffeine free Diet Coke?

just because it happened before doesn't mean it WILL happen again.

AND History isn't proof.

I think that any bank in danger of sanctions should put their money into bitcoin. Then we'd be able to tell who is dealing with them and take all their stuff too! Seems like a 'Win' for the US.

All things considered this is terrible advice. But it'll be fun to watch.

You need a citation to show that China has a worse human rights record than we do? Do you not read the news?
Well, in any event here are some citations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://nhglobalpartners.com/c...
https://www.cfr.org/background...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world...
https://freedomhouse.org/count...

this is some light reading to help you understand how China is better than the US.