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[–]asterias 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The West has a tradition of mocking the "nerds" and scientific achievements aren't supposed to be glamorous. It's a pity it was different many years ago.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Britain gave Newton a burial like a king. Scientists were always held in high regard in the West. It's ironic that the aristocracy respected scientists more than the contemporary bourgeois bugmen.

Anyway, becoming an astronaut has more to do with exploration.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Anyway, becoming an astronaut has more to do with exploration

And killing aliens.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The West has a tradition of mocking the "nerds"

Does it? Or is that a Hollywood trope where nerds are a stand-in for, well, you know...

[–]asterias 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bright students at school are routinely bullied by the rest for being "nerds", I don't think it's because of the jews or because of hollywood but because of our own fault.

[–]MATKINS 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Don't most education districts in the US have mixed ability classes? You have the studious A+ student who is put in the same class as disruptive IQ90s who can just about write their own name and don't give a shit about their education.

This is the problem. The Labour party in England experimented with this in the 1990s and 2000s by closing down most grammar schools (basically high schools for the top 20% of academically gifted people, mostly single sex) and sending everyone (except those who had parents with money of course, they could always go private) to 'comprehensive' schools with mixed-ability classes. It was a disaster. Many schools abandoned the practice.

Education should be segregated by ability. Bright kids, whether they're 'nerds' or not, should not be dragged down by low IQ troglodytes who want to piss around.