An update on the campaign to defend serious math education in California

Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by pyuser583 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @09:21PM (#31175154)

I suggest reading: https://publica.org.au/marriage-beliefs-un/

It’s an account of how a very diverse group of scholars advising the United Nations ignored research contradicted their ideological views.

One of the scholars even admitted in private some of their recommendations were “wrong.”

The group was chosen for its expertise and diversity.

I’ve served on school boards. They’re heavily susceptible to group think.

Once the culture wars get involved, peoples minds turn off.

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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by raxxorraxor on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:41AM (#31179760)

That is just an overall terrible outlook for the UN, how can this be the common denominator for nations? It seems that it becomes the personal outlet for some people.

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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by native_samples on Thursday April 28, 2022 @08:35AM (#31191725)

Not really specific to the UN. These sorts of international NGOs all have the same problems. The WHO is worse. The whole idea of global governance is really only attractive to one particular type of person, and they aren't accountable to anything really, so of course you end up with this sort of groupthink.

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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by zaroth on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:21PM (#31175946)

It can also be straight up dangerous to try to express a countervailing opinion.

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