"Throughout human history, individuals and societies have advanced when they upheld rigorous standards that develop and advance merit, competence, effort, skill, and capability. The construction of monuments, architectural knowledge, the development of engineering systems, and the advances in scientific knowledge all required precise alignment with universal laws of mathematics, geometry, and physics (Haklay & Gopher, 2020; Trigger, 1990). For example, in the case of the Egyptian pyramids,"
"Research and history have shown that societies tend to advance when they uphold standards of excellence. The objective capacity to solve problems and to advance skills and knowledge tends to create potential. Research demonstrates that robust, merit‑based actions tend to be better able to meet standards of excellence. Merit is not a social construct but a functional relationship between skills, knowledge, and effort."
Societies and individuals progress when rigorous standards cultivate merit, competence, effort, skill, and capability. Architectural, engineering, and scientific achievements require precise alignment with universal mathematical and physical laws. Physical realities impose objective constraints that operate independently of social status, as exemplified by pyramid construction and aircraft design. Merit functions as a practical relationship among skills, knowledge, and effort that enables problem solving and the creation of potential. Robust, merit‑based actions more reliably meet standards of excellence and produce outcomes aligned with universal laws rather than social machinations.
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