2002-12-16 Would I be broadening it or narrowing it? If I take some courses and am force-fed the established beliefs, and am forced to accept them without question as absolute truth, then I am not broadening my mind but narrowing it.
When you are a supposed "authority" on a subject, having put tens of thousands of dollars into your education plus many years of your time, you are not going to be open minded to opposing opinions. You are in fact going to do the most you can to perpetuate your beliefs. You can not accept ever having been wrong. Sound familiar? This is one of the major reasons the US will not metricate. The US has established itself, its laws and its industrial standards around FFU. To metricate all of that would send a signal to the whole world that the US was WRONG all of these years. The US will never convert openly or en-masse (unless pressured by a higher power). To do so would be admitting that the US was in error all these years. Something the American ego could not face. It has nothing to do with what is right or better, it has everything to do with saving face. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-12-15 23:26 Subject: [USMA:24023] Re: Paleontology an Astronomy > To broaden your mind man....to broaden your mind! > > At 23:04 2002-12-15 -0500, kilopascal wrote: > >2002-12-15 > > > >For what reason? > > > >John > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, 2002-12-15 19:02 > >Subject: [USMA:24015] Paleontology an Astronomy > > > > > > > I recommend that Ma Be and Kilopascal take courses in paleontology > > > and astronomy. > > > -- > > > Joseph B. Reid > > > 17 Glebe Road West > > > Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 > > > > >
