Posted on 06/19/2018 6:48:04 PM PDT by huckfillary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/11/10/the-health-effects-of-a-nuclear-test-can-last-decades/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5119605049df
Exposure to nuclear radiation during months three and four of pregnancy was associated with reduced educational attainment, high school completion, and adult earnings. Such exposures were also associated with reduced IQ scores among boys at 18 years of age. A one standard deviation increase in ground exposure reduced high school completion by about 1 percentage-point among men, and by about 2 percentage points among women.
The problem with “Common Sense” is, that it isn’t too common...
Many people are narcissistic, I can do whatever I want to do whenever I want to do it and you can’t tell me different. They have no shame, no guilt, a huge sense of self importance and entitlement. I firmly believed that with Obama’s presidency much of this behavior began and was even encouraged, (given his war on police, America, rule of law, etc.) Myself, I can’t even picture myself acting that way. It seems much more work to act like an ass all the time, put yourself in harms way, make a spectacle of yourself. Anytime I encounter one of these special people I do give them a “judgemental” look though.
Liberalism is ruining our culture.
What we call "common sense" has to be taught. It may be common but it isn't automatic.
Why? Because liberalism defies common sense and liberals are too lazy to do something else.
The Socratic dialectic is a distant, if not extinct (as a practical matter), practice.
Sounds very familiar. A lesson on how to start the pressure washer engine resulted in a broken starter rope, getting the extension cord on the saw resulted in the saw being drug out of the shop with the extension cord on it!
I taught 20 somethings in an industrial setting. I really don’t mean to belittle, I’m just reporting the facts, you can’t possibly over estimate how little they know or just how far back in the basics you have to go. I once imagined stories about not being able to change a tire were stretching the truth. Not now!
It is a precarious thing indeed.
The dad is a less a friend than acquaintance. I don’t count many real friends.
There is indeed a plan but I have already learned it it far to ambitious!
It may be common to us but it is a complete unknown to many it seems.
I have a good acquaintance that is a rancher. He and his son work like sled dogs from early in the morning until late. He came by today and we got into a short conversation about the things we discuss here. I told him that people like he and his son are as scarce as unicorns.
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