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...theory states that perfect information leads to perfect competition. Assuming that buyers and sellers of goods and services act rationally on that information (a big assumption), decisions will be made based purely on value when all of the facts are present. In reserving a hotel room, if I can ascertain the detail, quality and price of every available hotel, my lodging choice is a matter of logic. Factors such as advertising and brand suddenly become irrelevant to my decision...
...course, statistically, they probably are not the most respectable college students on the planet. And Caldwell is correct to conclude that she cannot, from available data, ascertain their moral character. But that would be true of any people unknown to Caldwell. Why, in the case of Dave Evans, Reade Seligman, and Collin Finnerty, is it appropriate to speculate that they might be “sketchy?...
...course, statistically, they probably are not the most respectable college students on the planet. And Caldwell is correct to conclude that she cannot, from available data, ascertain their moral character. But that would be true of any people unknown to Caldwell. Why, in the case of Dave Evans, Reade Seligman, and Collin Finnerty, is it appropriate to speculate that they might be “sketchy?...
Einstein later explained his view of the relationship between science and religion at a conference at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. The realm of science, he said, was to ascertain what was the case, but not evaluate human thoughts and actions about what should be the case. Religion had the reverse mandate. Yet the endeavors worked together at times. "Science can be created only by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding," he said. "This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion." The talk got front-page news coverage...
...America.” If international students are not familiar with the basic events and people of the American Revolution, then how are they expected to appreciate classes as narrow in scope as these? Without a broad knowledge of U.S. history, the context of the courses is impossible to ascertain, thus many internationals are excluded from a host of potentially interesting classes...