no joke... "I wonder what would happen in our society if everyone had to revisit lessons on the second law of thermodynamics every 7 years. "
Surely they'd have to think!
I recall a particular day in college back in the 90s when one of my elder professors and a dear personal friend was handing out a quiz in French culture and history class. He was nonchalantly telling us that it was "...nothing to fear, only a little quiz and if we would just think about it, everything will be fine." to which I responded, "Asking people to actually think... isn't that against the law in the United States?" He burst out laughing and assured me that he thought I was probably correct about that.
I have a firm suspicion that too many people in this culture believe it is their god-given-right to be ignorant by choice. And look what it's done for us. I know people who have just graduated from college who can't spell or who know the difference between to, two and too (or then and than which is my personal pet peeve). It's kind of sad but very telling. And they don't even seem to know enough to be aware of what is happening to their lives and won't bother to pay attention until it "happens" to them and disrupts their utopian lives. Everything's okay until it isn't and then they are shocked, shocked I tell you.
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