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To: mistermj who wrote (211859)	1/5/2007 5:54:44 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Common sense differs from observed phenomenon. You are confusing two different things. Thing one is a judgment made by a person with no specialized knowledge, often on the basis of conventional "wisdom", but often without any data, or with imagined data. Thing two is one's actual experience, which is data, albeit anecdotal data. It would be nice to have more data, but there doesn't seem to be much in print. In Brumar's example one assumes he did not view Saddam, or terrorists, and thus has no personal experience of the issue. I have been in schools since my children were small, and thus have viewed many teachers. While you do not need to believe the evidence of my eyes, I believe it. If the evidence of your eyes has differed, if you know small children who have been denied a trip to the bathroom when they needed it (a dangerous business), or know of teachers free to walk out of their classrooms when they want a drink or a bathroom break, than our experience is different. But this has nothing to do with what Brumar was talking about, and the statement about Freakonomics, since he admitted there was no evidence, and I at least have my own data. Nice try, but no goal, imo.