The covid fiasco exposed many of our intellectual frailities. Among the most noteworthy was the use of the word “vaccine.” Falsely advertising the mRNA shots as vaccines enabled the masses to assume the commonly accepted definition and roll up their sleeves. Little did they know how little they actually knew about vaccines. That seemingly small bit of knowledge differential determined the future of humanity where the dead, dying and sterilized self-selected themselves out of the gene pool while those paying attention/thinking for themselves, etc will survive and hopefully prosper.
late in my managerial career i became tired and stress and wandered into teaching in the field i had managed.
we taught technical management which worked around risk and uncertainty as well as life strategies for optimized cost and outcomes.
we began learn to teach by learning about critical thinking and how to apply questioning to invoking students to appreciate the subject and how to apply the scarce knowledge we tried to spread....
that lead me in my spare time to discover epistemolgy, a big word i enjoyed sharing in classes when it was not too dull....
that comes from the greek philosophy about ;knowledge' which revolves around belief and truth of the belief.
the closer to truth and the more acceptance became worthy knowledge....
alwas eek truth, and when risk of acceptance of the 'fact' share the consumer and producer risk of the 'fact'.
The covid fiasco exposed many of our intellectual frailities. Among the most noteworthy was the use of the word “vaccine.” Falsely advertising the mRNA shots as vaccines enabled the masses to assume the commonly accepted definition and roll up their sleeves. Little did they know how little they actually knew about vaccines. That seemingly small bit of knowledge differential determined the future of humanity where the dead, dying and sterilized self-selected themselves out of the gene pool while those paying attention/thinking for themselves, etc will survive and hopefully prosper.
“Little did they know how little they actually knew about vaccines.”💯some great word smithing there!
Great article. A lot of people could stand to read Polya on "plausible reasoning."
And Briggs' "Uncertainty."
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late in my managerial career i became tired and stress and wandered into teaching in the field i had managed.
we taught technical management which worked around risk and uncertainty as well as life strategies for optimized cost and outcomes.
we began learn to teach by learning about critical thinking and how to apply questioning to invoking students to appreciate the subject and how to apply the scarce knowledge we tried to spread....
that lead me in my spare time to discover epistemolgy, a big word i enjoyed sharing in classes when it was not too dull....
that comes from the greek philosophy about ;knowledge' which revolves around belief and truth of the belief.
the closer to truth and the more acceptance became worthy knowledge....
alwas eek truth, and when risk of acceptance of the 'fact' share the consumer and producer risk of the 'fact'.
always a pleasure following you!
Thanks Ed, and thank you for giving back, inside the profession of teaching.