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The plutocratic social philosophy:
the use of statistical tools to further the absence of critical thinking
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| Nipawin - Tuesday - November 27, 2002 - by: Mario deSantis |
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casual
rather
than
causal
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I have a strong distaste for the misuse of statistics and this
distaste is apparent in my writing. I distaste statistical polling of public opinions
to make public policies; I distaste statistical rankings in general as such ranking
can be used to peddle the virtues of the so called numero uno in a dynamic and changing
world; I distaste the abuse of statistical correlation when such correlations are
casual rather causal; I distaste the use of statistics when its results can be "correctly"
biased to achieve the truth with the probability of 99%. |
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superficial
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What we need is critical thinking and when I see everybody running
around and being fast and being 'competitive' I see only superficial understanding.
We must learn that we cannot delegate our social learning and understanding to experts,
the Big Brains, as these experts have been selling their souls. So today, I want
you to reflect on the significance and validity of these two international educational
surveys and in this respect I want to point out the following: |
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The first survey sponsored by UNICEF ranks Canada at number 4
out of 24 countries. |
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where is
Afghanistan
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The second survey sponsored by the National Geographic found that |
in the United States, 83 percent of young adults could not find
Afghanistan on a blank map of the world, despite the devastating 9/11 attacks on
the U.S. and the subsequent media spotlight on the Middle East and Central Asia.
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| Further, young people in Canada and Great Britain fared almost
as poorly as those in the United States. |
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critical
thinking
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I am developing the understanding of a statistical causal correlation
between the plutocratic regime, their use of 'competitive' never ending statistical
studies, and the furthering of our lack of critical thinking. This is critical thinking. |
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Mario deSantis
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| References: |
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Pertinent articles published in Ensign |
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UNICEF
ranks countries on academics CNN News, November 26, 2002 |
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Where's Afghanistan? 83 Percent Of Young Americans Don't Know http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/press_roperstudy.shtml
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Survey Results: U.S. Young Adults Are Lagging http://nationalgeographic.ibs.aol.com/geosurvey/highlights.html |
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