We must stop our politicized understanding to put the immediate blame of our own faults to other people, and we must stop the never ending researches of our gurus who aggressively but unintelligently ‘compete’ for who is right and who is wrong.

I have been writing about the value of using our own critical thinking and intelligent common sense, and I say intelligent common sense since, for example, the political ideologies of nazism and fascism emerged as common sense of the people of Germany and Italy.

We must debunk the widespread social use of statistical surveys/polls as such pseudo scientific researches are major contributors to the unconscious commercialization of our lives rather than expression of our free opinions.

Yesterday I wrote on the dogmatic conclusions of a very recent health research conducted by the Fraser Institute and I found out that this research reported Canadian health spending as 11.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Today I find that the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reports

"in 2001, Canada spent about 9.4% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health care."

Do I have to check out and see who is right or wrong between the Fraser Institute and the CIHI? No, definitely no as this checking out entails the understanding of different assumptions, and as the saying goes when you assume too much you make an ass out of you and me (ass-u-me). So let us forget about all these useless dogmatic statistical researches and let us use our own intelligent common sense. In particular, let us reflect on the following excerpt of the article "New Zealand is unique" by columnist Lance Broughton as our own educational system is being privatized and as we care for our future and the future of our children:

The dumbed-down education system turns out under achieving kids, and then encourages them to seek higher education by giving them student loans that will keep them in debt for the rest of their lives. By the time they qualify, society has moved on and few jobs are available and those lucky enough to gain employment tend to keep their heads down. Not stupid, they realize the corporate culture is ridiculous and will inevitably lead to failure. But too proud to work at McDonalds, they bury their heads in dollar sense and accept that mindless obedience is the only way to survive.

References

Pertinent articles published in Ensign

Health Care Spending in Canada (2001) Canadian Institute for Health Information http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/hcic/media_29may2002_b6_e.html

New Zealand is unique By Lance Broughton, August 22, 2002, YellowTimes.org Guest Columnist (New Zealand) http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=615&mode=thread&order=0