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Badly educated men have not adapted well to trade, technology or feminism (2015)

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Re: Badly educated men have not adapted well to trade, technology or feminism (2015)

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Poorly educated or badly educated? Badly educated would indicate that the education is based on incorrect facts or processes. Poorly educated would indicate that there may not be enough education, etc.

Depending on where we are talking about both are a real problem (at least in the United States)

Re: Badly educated men have not adapted well to trade, technology or feminism (2015)

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Poorly educated or badly educated? Badly educated would indicate that the education is based on incorrect facts or processes. Poorly educated would indicate that there may not be enough education, etc.

Paying attention is a skill that needs to be taught in school. It's hardly the fault of the student if the schools don't engage and challenge them.

The American education system fed me lie after lie after lie.

All public schools teach lies, some even don't even pretend and teach creationism.

Re: Badly educated men have not adapted well to trade, technology or feminism (2015)

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Poorly educated or badly educated? Badly educated would indicate that the education is based on incorrect facts or processes. Poorly educated would indicate that there may not be enough education, etc.

Badly. Education processes are not built around learning, nor around meta-learning (learning how to learn new information). Education is still built largely around _retaining_, testing, and hoarding knowledge, without interest in discovery or the processes that created knowledge. This medieval mindset holds back much of the education system.

A larger essay on many of the problems and sources of these problems: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/23/ssc-gives-a-graduation-...

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