Re: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom)

["Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com wrote:
> And I've never understood how such "education" was supposed 
> to benefit anyone. All that learning such paradoxes serves 
> is to allow you to appear wise and intelligent to a dimwitted, 
> unquestioning audience. Just as magic is slight of hand, 
> paradoxes are slights of logic.

All liberal arts grads are liars. 

(which liberal arts grads might recognize as a form of the Cretan
Paradox).

> All that learning such paradoxes serves 
> is to allow you to appear wise and intelligent
> to a dimwitted, unquestioning audience.

You're right! I feel wiser already!

:-)

Mike O.

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