Re: OT or maybe not.

Posted by monomechanical on June 02, 2006 at 20:24:17 from (67.182.206.236):

In Reply to: OT or maybe not. posted by Animal on June 02, 2006 at 19:36:27:

Five general observations. (I will call them "facts," though they are anecdotes.) I'm certain many on this forum can furnish evidence for all five observations.

1. Farming has always required far more intelligence than people suppose.
2.a. Farmers are much smarter than non-farmers assume them to be. (Related to 1.)
b. "Smart" entails problem solving, skill at fabricating (engineering), causal identification, knowing how the world works, creativity, and foresight.
3. People generally, students particularly, these days are not required to be as smart as in times past. (See 2.b.) This point may be controversial, but I think computers and the internet do much of the "brain work" previously done by brains alone.
4. The intelligence gap between farmers and "youngsters," generally, is increasing.

I suppose something like the above can analogized to a work ethic, too. I wonder how many today work as hard as their fathers? I don't work half as hard as mine.

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• Re: OT or maybe not. barnrat 13:56:49 06/03/06 (0)

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