Psychologists seem to be outdoing lawyers as ambulance chasers. Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things. According to a study of how long the average American must work to pay all his taxes, this year it took until July 3rd. Only on the 4th of July did we achieve independence in the sense of being able to earn money that we can keep.
Stupidity deserves more careful study, since it is a major factor in human history.
The latest statistics on law school graduates who take the bar exam show a range from 29 percent who pass at Howard University to 99 percent who pass at the University of Nebraska. In everything that human beings do, they do them with radically different results. Yet the media, the courts and the politicians proceed as if statistical disparities mean sinister goings-on. As with so many statistics, you can show an upward trend or a downward trend just by selecting the end points that suit your purpose. One of the many signs of mushy thinking today is the claim that arguments against homosexuals or women in the military are parallel to arguments against blacks inthe past.