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I deeply agree with your interpretation. At school, we all learn basic skills read/write to understand each other. But in today's society, a basic grasp of sci

by jojo2000 6y ago

I deeply agree with your interpretation. At school, we all learn basic skills read/write to understand each other. But in today's society, a basic grasp of science, a minimal level of scientific literacy is crucial to swim through our techno-society. To this day, I cannot picture the void in someone's head that doesn't know how computers work. It would surely give a sour taste of powerlessness. Same can be said about anything that explains how the world around us revolves.

svrb 6y ago
You claim to disagree with GP comment but nothing in your comment even comes close to addressing its main points, unless I'm much mistaken. Indeed, the only points of contact between the comments I can find is where you agree with GP comment, namely that scientific literacy is necessary.
- rrss 6y ago
  > claim to disagree with GP comment maybe 'jojo2000's comment has been changed, but it currently says "I deeply agree," not "I disagree"
  - svrb 6y ago
    Indeed it does... but I guess a bit of mild dyslexia earns one downvotes on HN.
    - taeric 6y ago
      Amusingly, I read the same as you did. Even knowing that was the wrong reading, it is hard to see correctly for some reason. Yay for reading issues! ;)
saiya-jin 6y ago
Hmm i think its mindset (and to some extent intelligence) based - for some folks phone will always be a gizmo for clicking on whatapp, call, watch funny videos and mabe 1-2 more things. Open concept of OS, tweakability etc. is beyond their care. Some simpler folks need simple world - if this, then that. Critical thinking, complex topics, more than 1 truth etc are just too much. This yes, this no. This confirms my fears/makes me happy to hear, I will vote for it. Of course they are frustrated. But in much simpler way than you would probably imagine, and for shorter time. And quite possibly they don't know that they don't know how computers work. Look, they can turn it on and click on icon and it works. Mission accomplished. To be honest my mom also doesn't know how computers work, and she has an university degree in economics from times where it was really hard to even get to university back home.
Consultant32452 6y ago
We don't all learn basic reading writing skills. Take a look at the functional illiteracy rate among high school graduates. It's jarring, and doesn't encompass the people who didn't graduate.

svrb 6y ago

You claim to disagree with GP comment but nothing in your comment even comes close to addressing its main points, unless I'm much mistaken. Indeed, the only points of contact between the comments I can find is where you agree with GP comment, namely that scientific literacy is necessary.

rrss 6y ago
> claim to disagree with GP comment maybe 'jojo2000's comment has been changed, but it currently says "I deeply agree," not "I disagree"
- svrb 6y ago
  Indeed it does... but I guess a bit of mild dyslexia earns one downvotes on HN.
  - taeric 6y ago
    Amusingly, I read the same as you did. Even knowing that was the wrong reading, it is hard to see correctly for some reason. Yay for reading issues! ;)

saiya-jin 6y ago

Hmm i think its mindset (and to some extent intelligence) based - for some folks phone will always be a gizmo for clicking on whatapp, call, watch funny videos and mabe 1-2 more things. Open concept of OS, tweakability etc. is beyond their care. Some simpler folks need simple world - if this, then that. Critical thinking, complex topics, more than 1 truth etc are just too much. This yes, this no. This confirms my fears/makes me happy to hear, I will vote for it. Of course they are frustrated. But in much simpler way than you would probably imagine, and for shorter time. And quite possibly they don't know that they don't know how computers work. Look, they can turn it on and click on icon and it works. Mission accomplished. To be honest my mom also doesn't know how computers work, and she has an university degree in economics from times where it was really hard to even get to university back home.

Consultant32452 6y ago

We don't all learn basic reading writing skills. Take a look at the functional illiteracy rate among high school graduates. It's jarring, and doesn't encompass the people who didn't graduate.