In a message dated 10/26/2005 6:09:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com writes:
I sure as hell do believe that this list is full of messages that are poorly
edited.
Charles
I, of course, am writing from my own personal experience. It was the appallingly inaccurate and often racist material in articles related to black people that brought me to Wikipedia in the first place. Another factor contributing to crappy article quality is related to the heavily skewed demographics of project participants in terms of youth and ethnicity.
But that's nothing new.
And no doubt, Charles -- but the editorial quality of traded messages here is hardly cause for concern -- and is certainly not even a subject of productive discussion.
dcv
I'd like to have something profound to say, or at least some witty comments to make fun of you guys with, but I stick to stating the obvious.
Liberal arts education is what is wrong w the american education system. Europe, w its career orientated educational specialisation is much better, in essentially every way, which I can say easily having experienced both cultures.
Skepticism is one of the most close minded paradigms possible, by its very definition. The ability for skeptics to think outside their box is astonishingly poor, as is their ability to accept obvious facts (like what sort of things can be known w any degree of certainty).
Logic should be the basis for everyones education, and is a great deal of fun, as I know full well,having studied and taught it for years. I am currently feeding my favorite logic text to our 13yr old, who is devouring it's simple truths with great joy and mirth. Don't blame the subject matter for being uninteresting, blame the teacher for boring lessons.
Finially, and on much the same note, if you want people to be more well rounded and capable of critical thinking, keep making sure they find balanced, factually accurate and well referenced encyclopedia entries when they type a word into their favorite search engine (or wikipedia search bar).
Jack (Sam Spade)