"facts"

[Sasha Tsykin]

Michael Shigorin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:22:39AM +1100, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
>>> I've been to places in Ukraine where people live for ca. 50 years
>>> usually.  Seems like not the lack of education but extremely hard
>>> labour and almost missing medical aid is to blame for that.
>> The reason why they have to work so hard and they can;'t afford 
>> medicines is because they are not sufficiently educated, likely.
> 
> They can afford medicines it seems.  If you're not talking of any
> precious crap pharmaceutical industry dumps on you, that is.
> 
>> Consider that it is a known fact that education brings wealth.
> 
> Sasha, I'm sorry to ask your degree.  I am M.Sc. in Organic
> Chemistry, just for the record; and did enough research for 
> Ph.D. on my 4th year but was rather frustrated with science
> back then already.
> 
> I've been quite interested in pharmacy and was involved in
> evaluating and fitting daylight.com software on Linux for
> the largest custom organic synthesis here in UA (that's
> exactly what becomes drugs after all the screening and
> tests).  I've been getting money you pay for meds.
> 
> I don't buy "known facts".
> 
> [...]
> 
Simple. In Australia people with a University degree on average earn 
about %50 more than those without. Those who drop out of school earn 
even less. I'm told in other western countries it's similar. Even in 
former Soviet republics, those who have a better education are doing 
better now.

Sasha