Paper ClippingsThe Blog of The Crossroads Cultural Center
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An interesting clash between the two great ideologies of our time: scientism (the prejudice that empirical science is the only valid method of knowledge) vs. post-modern relativism (the prejudice that there is no truth, only politics). Scientism is going to win.
Ross Douthat reviews some new statistics. One possible interpretation is that the "educated" elites had wrecked the educational system (in the broadest sense, not just schooling) for everybody else.