On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:45:30 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 22-9-2011 6:00, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:42:13 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>>> Defending a system where your scores are compared to your fellow
>>> students (including your friends) and only a certain percentage pass,
>>> by referring to this sort of abstract competition is plain silly.
>>
>> I wasn't defending the system, I was pointing out that competitiveness
>> is a part of human nature, and provided one example.
> 
> And I was just pointing out that it is a really bad example. Sort of
> like comparing apples and plants. Or more to the point, telling somebody
> that expresses surprise at the existence of apples that there is indeed
> a whole kingdom of plants. True, but not precisely to the points.

I don't think it was a bad example - unless "competition" means a lot of 
different things.

Humans are competitive by nature, and I think we're in agreement on that.

Jim

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