May 2nd, 2007 by
bkmarcus
Mises on objectivity:
A treatise on bacteriology does not lose its objectivity if the author, accepting the human viewpoint, considers the preservation of human life as an ultimate end and, applying this standard, labels effective methods of fighting germs good and fruitless methods bad. A germ writing such a book would reverse these judgments, but the material content of its book would not differ from that of the human bacteriologist.
Human Action, Chapter II: “The Epistemological Problems of the Sciences of Human Action.”
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May 2nd, 2007 by
bkmarcus
Today’s “Frank & Ernest”:
Modified:
From
Sheldon Richman’s book,
Separating School and State:
Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s office issued a paper not long ago stating that the literacy rate in Massachusetts has never been as high as it was before compulsory schooling was instituted. Before 1850, when Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to force children to go to school, literacy was at 98 percent. When Kennedy’s office released the paper, it was 91 percent.
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May 2nd, 2007 by
bkmarcus
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And I especially like how iceberg is using it:
“You keep using that word.
I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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