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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ashley Mehrens

Ashley Mehrens

Sample Chapter for Ober, J.: Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classi... - 3 views

  • The history of Athenian popular government shows that making good use of dispersed knowledge is the original source of democracy’s strength.
    • Ashley Mehrens
       
      I really like this statement. Basically saying that democracy only works if we all work together. Not one person knows everything to properly run the government. We have to be able to take some knowledge from many different sources to effectively work. I think that nowadays we especially have to keep this in mind because of the accessibility of information. Everyone can have access to more than enough information but one person cannot simply do it on their own. If the Ancient Athenians could figure out how to run a decent government than we should be able to as well. 
Ashley Mehrens

Chimp Fights and Trolley Rides - Radiolab - 13 views

    • Ashley Mehrens
       
      I found that it was very interesting how quickly they dismissed the idea that parents instill some of the qualities into their children. In my opinion someone has to stimulate the children to succumb to the evolutionary inner chimp. Even though when the younger chimps couldn't decide who got the branch, then the older ones had to intervene and teach them how to properly act. In the same way parents intervene when their child can't seem to figure out the proper way to share during their play date. The evolutionary aspect seems to be proven fairly well but from previous knowledge we all know that from birth we do not have that innate sense of right and wrong. Your inner chimp has to grow and mature before being able to sense right and wrong. 
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