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Re:The United States withdraws from UNESCO by saubeidl on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @10:55AM (#44647738)
Being good at math or engineering doesn't make you good at empathy, sociology, politics or any number of other functions.
Re:The United States withdraws from UNESCO by andsoitis on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @10:57AM (#44647765)
And of course this applies to comments in the discussion as well…
Re:The United States withdraws from UNESCO by Insanity on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @10:59AM (#44647806)
Agreed, however, people with a good education _usually_ learn think intelligently about a variety of problems. By which I mean, they understand how to fact check sources, how to think critically about information presented to them, and how to validate their own assumptions.

Edit: removing a sentence that came across as offensive.

Re:The United States withdraws from UNESCO by throw0101b on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @11:07AM (#44647950)
> Agreed, however, people with a good education _usually_ learn think intelligently about a variety of problems.

Depends on the problem you're trying to solve.

Perhaps it's "how can I get more for myself?" versus "how I improve the lives of humanity?".

Re:The United States withdraws from UNESCO by jajko on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @11:05AM (#44647908)
First part yes, second hell no, why the heck the need to do such baseless attacks. We have plenty of sociopathic a-holes in Europe as well, I'd say more than plenty on all levels of society in all countries.
Re:The United States withdraws from UNESCO by Insanity on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @11:11AM (#44648015)
I didn’t think it was an “attack”, but merely an observation and a question.

But I can see how it can read as an “attack”, I’ll update the comment. Thanks for calling it out!