WTF is emotional intelligence???  Some people's emotions are smarter than others?

schnuersi said:

       stancrist said: My opinion is that I had a choice, and so does everyone else.

That is a very simplistic world view and frankly part of the problem.

Again, that's your opinion, not a statement of fact.

schnuersi said:

       stancrist said: Um, exactly how do you expect to get all of that accomplished without government force???

Its a long term process. Propably takes one generation or longer. Its mostly about education.

That is just restating what you think should be done, not how it can get done throughout a nation without government forcing everyone to do it.

Some products are being insourced  to China, some to Europe, some to the Americas. Here in Ohio, we're getting a lot of companies setting up shop, or ordering from an Ohio plant, that would have gone to Asia 10 years ago. Keep the post-pagans at bay, we could get even more.

Your skills at reading how a person is feeling or processing information. And the ability to make changes based on your observations, iirc.

stancrist said:

not how it can get done throughout a nation without government forcing everyone to do it.

How is education currently organised?
Just make adjustments to that organisation. I don't see how there should be aditional force required.

schnuersi said:
How is education currently organised?

Just make adjustments to that organisation. I don't see how there should be aditional force required.

education where? I believe the education systems and basic principles may vary significantly even inside the EU, or between different US states. There also are private and public schools, etc etc. And I think you cannot fix school system without fixing the entire society, and vice versa

mpopenker said:

education where?

The place/nation that wants to get rid of its drug problem.
I just offered an idea for a general strategy. The details are of course dependent on the details and circumstances.

mpopenker said:

And I think you cannot fix school system without fixing the entire society, and vice versa

I think a society can not be fixed as such. A society develops in reaction to the conditions it exists in. These conditions can be altered but what the reaction of the society will be especially in the long run are hard to predict.
Changing education are one method to influence or change a society in the long run. With some results being known now because of experience and history. This is why IMHO its the only sensible and sustainable way to adress things like drug abuse. We know there is a correlation between education level, chances in life and likely hood of drug abuse. We also know that all other things tried so far did either not work or even made things worse.

stancrist said:

Again, that's your opinion, not a statement of fact.

No. If you are objectively wrong if you think that just because something worked for you or could be done by you this is an universal truth and has to work and can be done by anyone else. This is simply not the case. So I did state a fact.

mpopenker said:

       schnuersi said: How is education currently organised? Just make adjustments to that organisation. I don't see how there should be aditional force required.

education where? I believe the education systems and basic principles may vary significantly even inside the EU, or between different US states. There also are private and public schools, etc etc.

Precisely.  In the US, education systems vary significantly not only between States, but also between cities in the same State.

Then there are the different types of schools:  Public, private, and religious.  All with different ideas of how and what to teach.

Schnuersi naively thinks this diverse array of school systems would willingly implement his idea without being forced to do so. 

Talk about a simplistic world view...

Interesting.  Thanks.  Not sure that qualifies as "intelligence" though.  It seems more like a talent.