Michael1942's Blog

The human learning curve has been studied (or not). The learning curve is possibly illustrated by the events surrounding a national election and reinforced by the lesser elections that occur in the states and cities. The learning curve is knowledge gleaned from events and disasters that around the world. This learning curve is: ” Early uses of the metaphor (learning curve) on the pattern’s positive aspect, namely the potential for quick progress in learning (as measured by, e.g., memory accuracy or the number of trials required to obtain a desired result)  at the introductory or elementary stage. Over time, however, the metaphor has become more commonly used to focus on the pattern’s negative aspect, namely the difficulty of learning once one gets beyond the basics of a subject”. This phenomenon has been broadly illustrated by the last election. The social economic conditions of the past 10 to 15 years have made the last 4 years a perfect study of the learning curve. With all of the “progress” made in Race and foreign relations, we have made little. This has shown up in the attitudes of the candidates for President and the long serving Congress. As a country we have fought tyrants and injustice around the world yet we have returned to a pre civil war mentality about race. This points out the efficacy of the “learning Curve”. As a country we have made more progress in 200 plus years than the old world countries yet we have made little in relation to Race. In this country where there is supposed to be equal opportunities for all, some still refuse to recognize that the success of one (1) is the success of all and should be supported. This is the learning curve in reverse.

Ann Coulter and Charles Krauthammer both appear to so called conservatives who by the virtue of being read are essentially “idiots with a forum”. These two folks are blessed by the virtue of living in America, in any other country they would or could be arrested, tortured or worse. It is quite easy to throw out unfounded and seemingly truthful statement but to offer opinions based on real ideas and as much honesty as possible is different. There is nothing wrong with espousing a party line or a real belief but personal opinions based on nonsense is not laudable. It is unfortunate that these people have a following as their followers appear to be more believers of nonfacts rather than the real truth no matter if that truth flies in the face of their core beliefs (which are sometimes misplaced).