• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    25 days ago

    Ah yes, the “science” of determining which population is composed of better people.

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      25 days ago

      Read the fucking article. It defines specifically what it means (civic engagement/interest in the common good, basically), and it is measurable.

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        25 days ago

        It’s not that there are measurable things about people that I doubt. What I doubt is that you can scientifically demonstrate that someone is better than someone else.

        Humanities students don’t read any more and it shows