In related news:
Kenya has kicked out the Samoids. Unlike the Hollywood switchover, this is unsurprising, part of a long trend. Africa has been defending its people against western tech decadence for many years.
MORAL RIGOR VS MATH RIGOR.
After reading about the admirable African bishops making one last attempt to turn the US/UK Anglicans back toward Christianity…. It won’t work, but sometimes you have to get the situation ‘on the record’ to forestall historical revision. When the facts are fully public, silencing the truth is more expensive.
I’ve often referred to the African talent for moral rigor, which is more important to human survival than the Oriental talent for math rigor. Our public education system and our industrial and employment policies are totally devoted to math rigor, even though the record is perfectly clear. When we emphasized moral rigor, we had a successful country. Now that moral rigor is illegal, we’re failing fast.
Let’s try to compare those two rigors in a concrete and consequential way.
Tech types and STEM types think moral rigor is nonexistent or irrelevant. Does Nature agree?
What happens when you get a math equation wrong? On paper or in the computer, not much. Nature doesn’t care when you figure the maximum load on a beam incorrectly. But when you use that incorrect number to install an inadequate girder in a bridge or building, Nature will tell you about it, and people will die.
What happens when you get a moral equation wrong? On paper or in the church, not much. Nature doesn’t care when you preach that nations should favor immigrants over natives, or preach that gender or skills or talents are merely brand choices. But if you use those incorrect judgments to install inadequate borders between nations and genders, Nature will tell you about it, and people will die.
Moral rigor and math rigor work the same way.
MORALITY IS ANOTHER WORD FOR SURVIVAL.
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