Re: Hard Sci-fi?

Michael Ash <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Harri Tavaila <en.sano@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>> "Modern secular states" include such scientific wonders as North
>>> Korea and Cuba.
>> 
>> In 1953 the literacy rate in Cuba was 23,6% - in 1961 it was 96,9%.
> 
> Because Communist countries *never* lied in official statistics.
> 

Which number do you find unreliable? The one from 1953 or the one from
1961? One can of course use the current figure (about 97% I believe -
and as reliable as you can expect any official statistic to be). 

One feels you are avoiding the issue: "modern secular states" have been
able to rise literacy rates and general level of education in both 
countries you named as examples and numerous others. If you distrust 
their statistics, feel free to do so, though you really should state an 
alternative source to have any credibility. Nevertheless I don't think 
that you can deny that literacy has improved all over the world after 
introduction of state provided basic education. 

H Tavaila