--- Dean Hickerson <dean@math.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
Mostly to Eugene Salamin:
I don't fault Jeb for not knowing the answer. Governors are not usually elected for their mathematical skills. ... You seem to have missed the essential point of my message. It was not an attack on Gov. Bush, or on an 18-year old student, or even public education. It was an attack on the New York Times.
Newspaper reporters aren't selected for their math skills, either. So why do you consider it OK for a governor not to know, but you consider it bad that a reporter didn't know?
The news brief was presented as if it were factually correct, and with the intent of taking a jab at Jeb. A quality newspaper would have scientifically literate staff to validate submissions from dubious sources.
As usual, your own biases determined the conclusion that you drew from the story.
Dean Hickerson dean@math.ucdavis.edu
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