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gnomish  ·  3861 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Twenty worst degrees in the UK for employability

It is sad to see primary education on there. I'm not sure what the situation in the UK is but in the US there are many unemployed primary school teachers and many of the employed ones make 2-3x the starting wage. worded another way, we could replace "comfortable" teachers with "vibrant" new teachers, and shrink class sizes to less than half for the same amount of money.

There are zero market forces allowed in the current system here, and this is mostly by design.

gnomish  ·  3865 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Music That Burns, Literally.

That is a really neat idea, It appears that the box is running out of gas though. It is also too bad that no fire marshal anywhere would give this thing a pass for indoor use, so it is unlikely that we will see this in the wild unless someone with a legal team builds it.

gnomish  ·  3865 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New poll shows shocking lack of belief in basic scientific facts among Americans

There are still young religious people, and young social conservatives. It would be interesting to see the results by these demographics, but I do not think that young people are immune to ignorance.