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This serves as a pretty good example of why "smart" kids (or adults) can be annoying. Useless pedantry is not an enjoyable thing for most people. Yes, the Chine
by defen 7y ago
This serves as a pretty good example of why "smart" kids (or adults) can be annoying. Useless pedantry is not an enjoyable thing for most people. Yes, the Chinese had printing, but it was done by hand. Movable type (which, yes the Chinese also had) plus the mechanical press (which they did not) is what allowed printed material to flourish and change the course of history.
It's like saying "James Watt invented the steam engine" and the kid in the back chiming in with "Well actually, the Romans had an Aeolipile". Sure, they did, and no one cares.
- apricot 7y agoThe real problem is that the teachers ought to know what you just said, but they don't. So instead of teaching the smart kid -- and the rest of the class -- about the advantages of the mechanical press, they call him a smart-ass.
- matz1 7y agoWell, at least the kid in the back cares and maybe someone else too. If you disagree with that kid you can always refute back. You can say its annoying but the it maybe also annoying to the kids in the back for you to make inaccurate statement (at least according to the kid perspective).