i think in school, critical thinking, rationality, should be taught. rationality should be the fourth r. we should move aside trigonometry in high school, replace it with probability theory, which you actually use in your everyday life. there should be norms and etiquette about rationality. you should kind of lose social points if you argue from just some anecdote soor some rumor, you attack the person rather than the position, and we have to belong to communities where we can criticize each other, voice opinions, where accuracy counts in terms of a person s reputation. that s why we have democracy in the first place, and the founders were very clear on this. they said, you can t count on a rational leader to do what s best for the country because no one s that rational. you need a debate forum where anyone s ideas could be criticized by anyone else. ambition must counter ambition. you have the same thing in science with peer review. you need rules of the game that
also whomever speaks to the issues. they want to hear her voice opinions before they jump aboard. i m looking for an economic agenda and a sane foreign policy. a good, robust discussion on income inequality. sources say she s looking to run a more intimate campaign this time. she hasn t talked about issues personal to her in the last eight years. that s what we re going to see now. i want to be open to her because she s a woman and i am and i have a daughter and i would love to see a woman in officer. and that is what iowans have a to the say. they want her to work for it. they re saying come talk about the issues we re talking about. she s in a van on her way,.