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Putting that in the form of a question detracts from the message without protecting you from harsh judgement. Just say it. Equalizing people to a lowest common
by hirundo 6y ago
Putting that in the form of a question detracts from the message without protecting you from harsh judgement. Just say it. Equalizing people to a lowest common denominator is no good for anyone.
It's the absurd premise of No Child Left Behind, which sounds nice but logically implies that no child gets ahead.
- sokoloff 6y agoThat's the thing. You and I seem to agree that the answers above are that the second cases are all better, possibly obviously better. If you choose different figures in the questions, I can find cases that would be concerning to me, even if everyone appears mathematically better off. (If the median incomes were $500,000 and $45,000 for example.) Even with the figures I chose, I bet there are people who would wish for them to be "more equal" even at the expense of lower numbers for both groups. I think that makes it a genuine question, even though the answer is fairly obvious to me at those levels.