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The other part of the reason is your natural tendency to believe your tomatoes are better, because you put in all that work. Bias is a funny thing

fragola 10y ago
Agreed. There are plenty of studies that attest to the well-being of children who go to daycare.[1] "Home grown tomatoes" may be best when grown by good gardeners (i.e. some people are just better with kids, including their own) and the ideal environment (parks, museums, grandparents nearby). But it's not a universal truth. [1] http://www.cckm.ca/ChildCare/EvidenceQuestion1.htm http://www.cckm.ca/ChildCare/EvidenceQuestion1.htm
- jcbeard 10y ago
  Exactly, the question is...how to pay for the daycare. My son went to daycare. When I went to grad school, it was half my salary. Literally half. Thankfully I had the US GI Bill, otherwise I'd have been hosed. Dealing with the churn in society, and lets not argue semantics, if you're on welfare it's likely the skills you have don't meet the market needs. We need an education system that enables people to learn to fish, while giving them fish to survive/take care of their families. Right now, that system is slightly borked. Online education is awesome at providing access to many people, the problem is getting employers to recognize the value of the degrees/certificates that result. Some do, many don't. I totally get it, the quality is all over the place. Then again, so is the quality of in-person institutions.
guelo 10y ago
I agree, your bias is funny. Tomato taste is heavily influenced by a property called BRIX which can be objectively measured. The mass tomato farmer probably doesn't even own a BRIX meter while I can obsess over getting the perfect reading for my variety and picking the fruit at the exact right time. A dedicated artisan can beat even an expert mass producer every time.
- D-Coder 10y ago
  That's why I built my own car from bauxite and iron ore. And my own computer from sand, in my own silicon-refining furnace.

fragola 10y ago

Agreed. There are plenty of studies that attest to the well-being of children who go to daycare.[1] "Home grown tomatoes" may be best when grown by good gardeners (i.e. some people are just better with kids, including their own) and the ideal environment (parks, museums, grandparents nearby). But it's not a universal truth. [1] http://www.cckm.ca/ChildCare/EvidenceQuestion1.htm http://www.cckm.ca/ChildCare/EvidenceQuestion1.htm

jcbeard 10y ago
Exactly, the question is...how to pay for the daycare. My son went to daycare. When I went to grad school, it was half my salary. Literally half. Thankfully I had the US GI Bill, otherwise I'd have been hosed. Dealing with the churn in society, and lets not argue semantics, if you're on welfare it's likely the skills you have don't meet the market needs. We need an education system that enables people to learn to fish, while giving them fish to survive/take care of their families. Right now, that system is slightly borked. Online education is awesome at providing access to many people, the problem is getting employers to recognize the value of the degrees/certificates that result. Some do, many don't. I totally get it, the quality is all over the place. Then again, so is the quality of in-person institutions.

guelo 10y ago

I agree, your bias is funny. Tomato taste is heavily influenced by a property called BRIX which can be objectively measured. The mass tomato farmer probably doesn't even own a BRIX meter while I can obsess over getting the perfect reading for my variety and picking the fruit at the exact right time. A dedicated artisan can beat even an expert mass producer every time.

D-Coder 10y ago
That's why I built my own car from bauxite and iron ore. And my own computer from sand, in my own silicon-refining furnace.