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yummyfajitas on Nov 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Tyranny of Meritocracy

If you could measure it then that's the first sign that something is wrong.

In that case, I can tell you that you are very wrong. Khan's lessons have lots of soul. Not only soul, but also invisible dragons that breath the fire of knowledge!

http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/Dragon.htm

Alex3917 on Nov 8, 2011 [–]

I think Sagan's rant is cute, but ultimately wrong. And besides, when I talk about soul in this context, I'm obviously not talking about anything metaphysical. I'm just saying that his lessons are rather prosaic.

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