Research analysis of January 6 report

In the next few weeks I'll be sharing my views on the disappearance of the January 6 report from public discourse.

On the way back

Recent events in the United States have propelled me to return to providing content on thie blog.

Many people think of the SAT as just another test, and the SAT test score as just another number that can be used to make decisions about college admissions. The truth is that it represents a systems-based philosophy that reflects the transition from high school education to college education.

We all can attest to the power of education to change lives for the better, but we should not be too hasty in thinking that our problem today is a lack of education. If a lack of education were our problem educated people would not start wars; educated people would not embezzle funds, educated people would not pollute the environment. There would be no such thing as an educated crook. Our problem may be that we do not yet know the purpose of education nor the purpose of the scientific activity that often is its foundation. We need to understand why we practice education and science. Without that information we will never know whether we have used them effectively.

The only reason we learn about the world is so we can learn about ourselves, and the only reason we learn about ourselves is so we can remedy whatever we discover is wrong with ourselves. Those who are best equipped to lead us in the effort to remedy what is wrong with us are those who lead us in learning about the world around us. Why, then, is the scientific community missing in action as we battle our most pressing social problems?

The theory of evolution is population based and requires that the population evolve into what is good for the population not for the individual. Why is it that what humans have evolved into is beneficial to some individuals but not to the population?

I am beginning to wonder why white people have to be present when black people are reminding themselves of just how horribly their ancestors were treated by white people in the past. It is painful enough for me. I can just imagine how painful it must be for them to be reminded that the people doing those terrible deeds in those pictures are in their bloodline.