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| Teaching Minds |
| In many ways this remark is as dumb as her early remarks. Why do I |
| think this? |
| Because it makes it clear that she hasn't a clue, and doesn't really |
| care, about causation. |
| And, this is exactly the problem with Sarah Palin's remarks to |
| Katie Couric as well: |
| Couric: ... people have questioned your readiness since that |
| interview. And I'm curious to hear your reaction. |
| Palin: Well, not only am I ready but willing and able to serve as |
| vice president with Senator McCain if Americans so bless us |
| and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ready |
| with my executive experience as a city mayor and manager, |
| as a governor, as a commissioner, a regulator of oil and gas, |
| not only with my résumé proving that readiness, but I think |
| the important thing here is that John McCain and I, we share |
| a vision for America that includes energy independence. |
| Why do I think that the problem here is about a misunderstanding of |
| how to determine causation? Miss South Carolina has determined the |
| following things to be true: |
| If students can't do something, they should be taught to do it. |
| If students can't do something, it is because they weren't taught |
| to do it. |
| If students can't do something that it seems anyone should be |
| able to do, then it should be taught in school. |
| Reading maps is more important than whatever would have to |
| be eliminated from school so that reading maps could take its |
| place. |
| These decisions should be made on the basis of statistical |
| evidence of student's abilities. |
| But is any of this reasonable? Not only could one argue with each of |
| these propositions, but it is fair to say that Miss South Carolina herself |
| doesn't know that she holds these positions, that she hasn't thought |
| about them, and that she might disagree with what she said if some- |
| one pointed this out to her. |
| In other words, she cannot reason well precisely because her be- |
| liefs indicate that she does not think about causation, and one can |
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