Gyroscopic Investing

The school has a $400 million endowment.

That's amazing.  I wonder where it came from.

It's a Christian liberal-arts college.  Isn't that an oxymoron?  I imagine freethinkers like me aren't too welcome.  After all, its in Missouri.  That's like the state with a massive population of Evangelicals, isn't it?

I really get tired of this left and right divide.

MachineGhost wrote: It's a Christian liberal-arts college.  Isn't that an oxymoron?  I imagine freethinkers like me aren't too welcome.  After all, its in Missouri.  That's like the state with a massive population of Evangelicals, isn't it?

I really get tired of this left and right divide.

Yes, it is called the "Bible belt" because when you get out of line, they "belt" you with their Bibles!!!

Desert wrote: Missouri's got a pretty high percentage of Evangelicals, at 37%.  CA has only 18%.  I bet Berkeley has a really low percentage, because they're really smart there.

I think that honor goes to Standard.  Berkeley is a left winging, liberalism orgy.  That's not smart, that's cultist.  You can tell a Berkelyite when you see a short haired chick with black horn rimmed glasses and multitudes of earrings (sometimes nose) and tattoos working at Starbucks and looks lesbian.  It's comical how people conform their physical appearance to conform to imputed social roles.

Desert wrote: I assume you mean Stanford.  But who cares.  There are some really smart people in the world (especially scientists) who end up on the wrong side of the facts.  The Climate Change guys are the same ones who believe in the desperate idea of evolution.  Why are they so wrong on one conclusion, but so "right" on the other?  Might they be mistaken on both?  The theory of evolution didn't

Yeah, Standford.  I think it's all an in-group vs out-group thing.  Which is reinforced by social environment you choose to participate in.  Yet, what social environment are you aware of that consistently prizes objectivity and honesty over faith, agendas, emotionalism and biases?  Not holding my breath.

You may think evolution is quack stuff, but repeatable confirmed observations and idea survival competition counts as evidence compared to faith.  Faith, by definition, doesn't have or require the same intellectual rigor.