Bronzebeard

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yes.

We don't need even more antivax idiots due to a complete lack of biology being taught in schools.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Instead of broken windows needing replacement, we have broken CEOs needing protection. Causing destruction as a way to "spur the economy" isn't really a productive thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (7 children)

No, this is effectively the Broken Window Fallacy - a debunked theory where it proposed that breaking windows (or similar) stimulates the economy because it would cause people to buy new windows and pay for the installation. But it doesn't work like that. It's just a drain on the local economy.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

This only works if your memory is shorter than 4 years

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

School systems set the path, and it's pretty standardized when these subjects get taught. They wait until kids get more math skills for physics classes to take place, meaning the less math heavy subjects go first, like bio and earth science.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Unless you take AP, where they wouldn't be harping on this particular line about mitochondria, yes. One year of bio.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I understood the point, I agree with that. I wasn't commenting on that part

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Bio is like a freshman/sophomore course. If you're taking it senior year, you're already behind in life

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is what used to be taught in home economics class. Now it's just sewing and baking.

Knowing math isn't always enough to navigate the oft poorly written tax forms.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Most people, when speaking about a gaming device, aren't talking about the ability to play things from 40 years ago that you could run on a smart toaster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Gallefreyan biology is a bit different, but it amounts to the same thing.

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