"backscatter" wrote in message
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There is some truth about conservatives having less education. My area
is about 75% conservative while the number of college educated adults is
much less than 50%. Most of the latter are teachers. The others with a
college education usually leave the area because it doesn't have much to
offer them. This may not be the case in other areas of the country but
it's not unusual either.



I don't know if this is true, but let's restate the idea a little. Let's
say liberals are more likely to live in the theoretical world and
conservatives are more likely to live in the practical world. Practical in
the sense of hands on, working with tools, etc.

For every theory, a counter theory can be assembled using different
assumptions. Of course, many theories can be tossed out on logical grounds,
but many will stand fast until confirmed or disproved by actual facts. In
the theoretical world, very little is really settled.

But in the practical world, poor assumptions are often disproven
immediately. If something doesn't work, it doesn't work. Every one who
works with making things or fixing things knows full well that 90% of new
ideas are crud. Ideas proven by the test of time are highly valued.

Frank Dresser