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In reply to the discussion: The problem [View all]NancyDL
(140 posts)51. Learning Science IS Fun...
...and it's easy to find fun things to learn. With the Internet, all we need are computers and curiosity. The learning gap that has the most impact on the world is the lack of knowledge about history, government, civics. But I think that Tyson is right in that we can TEACH the children. The adults may be lost causes, but the children are teachable, and they're THERE. We just need to figure out how to, literally, reach them. In so many areas, disseminating information has to be done by stealth.
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I hope I dont get Neil in a lot of trouble here, but I think he is God. Yeah, the real God.
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#5
If you listen to NPR and watch PBS in the rural South they think you're a gay commie Al Queda spy
coldmountain
Jun 2013
#26
What breaks my heart about about America is the growth of willful ignorance
coldmountain
Jun 2013
#24
Nice, but what are we doing to work toward a solution? I can find a thousand opinions about
jtuck004
Jun 2013
#23
If you're not finding solutions, it is only because you are not looking for them. Dr. DeGrasse-Tyson
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#32
Are you're saying that you lack the capacity to learn because you're old?
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#48
To nitpick just a little - I love Neil - but it's not that adults nowadays don't know science. I'd
Nay
Jun 2013
#42
Stupid stands out when set next to intelligent. They don't like that so they attack.
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#43
True; my point was, though, that 'stupid' used to be ashamed of being stupid/ignorant, and
Nay
Jun 2013
#44
You're right, it isn't. Today the stupid/ignorant are fiercely proud of it and will go to
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#55
ABSOLUTELY correct. TOO MANY ADULTS don't know what science is, how it works, or what it means.
patrice
Jun 2013
#45