I read your post re: education and all the rest. I am starting to come (back) around to your point of view regarding the travesty/sham/mockery of a travesty of a sham that Am Society is/was/will always be?... but I really do keep trying to find meaning and reason for hope. Seriously.
In my best MP voice, "and now for something completely different"... (and perhaps a bit more relevent for this forum), if you get a chance, tell me what you think about the following site:
[link|http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/DEFAULT.html|http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/DEFAULT.html]
I have been lurking around in it for a while trying to determine if I am finding enlightenment or Lronhubbard...
As you have oft pointed out, sometimes it's hard to tell in the cacophony of sell, sell, sell just what is science vrs. snake oil.
:-)