QotD, musings
Sep. 9th, 2005 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexThis passed across my screen today:
I think the quote applies outside of teaching. It's kind of a nice summation of much of how I look at life.
Much elided here. Need thinking. Commentary welcome.
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' factsThe speaker is Max Weber, turn-of-the(last)-century German sociologist and economist. If you don't understand why America is so materialistic you haven't read enough Weber.
I think the quote applies outside of teaching. It's kind of a nice summation of much of how I look at life.
Much elided here. Need thinking. Commentary welcome.
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Date: 2005-09-09 06:29 pm (UTC)"Inconvenient facts" are those that you do not want to see. The ones that get in the way of your pet theory. The things that you must account for before your idea is really complete.
"Inconvenient facts" are also those that other people do not want you to see, that they would prefer be swept under the rug and not noticed, so no one can call them on the load of bull they are peddling.