tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post1963392523537625752..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Quote of the Day: On the new boss(y) classPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2161052583730578092016-01-04T12:57:30.313+13:002016-01-04T12:57:30.313+13:00Except, of course, that they are not "cogniti...Except, of course, that they are not "cognitively superior" at all. They have gone to the Ivy Leagues, at least in America. These institutions have given degrees to such idiots as John Kerry, Obama (and, amazingly, his wife), and of course G. Bush.<br /><br />In America, with it is large population, it is absurd to imagine that the "cognitively superior" can only come from such places--the eniotre graduating class in any year form these institutions in aggregate, probably comes to less than 10,000 people.<br /><br />And just what is this new bit of jargon, "Cognitive superiority". A dictionary would tell us the cognition is "he mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses." Are we to surmise that the abilities to pass certain exams are the ultimate and final expression of this?<br /><br />Just more arrogance from an entrenched set of would be aristos, little based in fact.<br /><br />It is if 140 years ago the Morse code operators united and determined that they knew how to run rail roads. A return to common sense interest rates and free (or at least freer) markets would quickly clear up just how idiot this notion of "cognitive superiority" is as applied to the exclusive schools in the West,<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com