tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post488837869893878963..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: Is Anything Worth Knowing?The Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-17552104738573042992007-09-09T17:07:00.000-04:002007-09-09T17:07:00.000-04:00What I find truly amazing is that so many of these...What I find truly amazing is that so many of these people who are unable to answer the simplist question, have graduated from or are attending college. <BR/><BR/>I think it has something to do with paying attention to something other than yourself.luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-34428784556853519902007-09-07T17:52:00.000-04:002007-09-07T17:52:00.000-04:00You have heard it said by them of old time; With a...You have heard it said by them of old time; With age comes wisdom, but verily, verily, I say unto you: This is an illusion created by the fact that the people around you aren't educated or disciplined nearly as well as you have been, and the younger they are, the worse a case it is!TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-71438326863793684472007-09-06T08:31:00.000-04:002007-09-06T08:31:00.000-04:00I like Wikipedia and use it myself. There are com...I like Wikipedia and use it myself. There are complaints that it is light on fact-checking, etc., but in my personal experience it has been just fine. It is, after all, user-driven, and occasionally some self-serving material is bound to be posted. Otherwise , it is a great tool.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-90306359270147649752007-09-06T07:37:00.000-04:002007-09-06T07:37:00.000-04:00Wikipedia is what I use a whole lot to look up det...Wikipedia is what I use a whole lot to look up details about something I can't recall... My children do this, too and I don't know if they are getting DEEP information. Sometimes remembering trivia is fun but my memory sucks for details. China drills their students but look -- they are good at copying but not creative thinking.<BR/><BR/>I went to a prep school and was taught that it was important to know where to go for what you need to know. The ability to think was most important, and what to think about. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, trooper's comment about how students don't know geography or world history. One of the coolest thing my daughter learned in high school was for her geography final she had to draw the world map with all the countries from scratch and their capitol cities. She made an A. What a teacher to cover the world. Think what she has learned. <BR/><BR/>Your last comment, Atavist, is very true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-27581384841487912412007-09-05T12:20:00.000-04:002007-09-05T12:20:00.000-04:00I guess what gets me is that kids are taught all o...I guess what gets me is that kids are taught all of the politically correct stuff like caring for the environment, etc., but have no clue of how we and our world fit into the overall scheme of things in our universe.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-49058843027026203542007-09-05T11:25:00.000-04:002007-09-05T11:25:00.000-04:00You're right, peple don't care. Everyone laughs t...You're right, peple don't care. Everyone laughs their heads off because 1 out of 5 Americans in a survey couldn't point out the USA on a world map. But will there be any change? Unlikely. <BR/><BR/>Nice work on testing that question yourself though. Personally, I'd be too embarassed for the other person to ask and have them give me the wrong answer. I don't know what I'd say in response...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-38016976322587436782007-09-04T22:34:00.000-04:002007-09-04T22:34:00.000-04:00gee whiz!gee whiz!phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1183529682597091162007-09-04T20:13:00.000-04:002007-09-04T20:13:00.000-04:00I'm not sure what's scariest, the fact that he did...I'm not sure what's scariest, the fact that he didn't know the year (and seasons) are determined by the earth's orbit around the sun, or the fact he thought that light-years are a unit of time!<BR/><BR/>But then again, he is quite representative of our sadly scientifically illeterate society. No wonder so many people still question evolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com