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There are often campaigns to "get children/young people interested in science". Except you don't have to teach people how to be interested in science, instead p

by rmc 14y ago

There are often campaigns to "get children/young people interested in science". Except you don't have to teach people how to be interested in science, instead people/society teach people to not be interested in science. Children sometimes ask "why" constantly. Some people tell children to "not ask questions" or "just because". Then when they're 15 we wonder why they've stopped asking why. Grrr.

VLM 14y ago
In the old days: "Some people tell children to "not ask questions" or "just because"." In the wikipedia/google era: "That's not important enough for our limited disk space / griefers thought it would be funny to trash it so they feel better when they make others feel sad" I think you'll see an interesting societal shift as the current generation grows up. Its not a positive one. Going from "stop asking questions", "there's no answer" without necessarily judging the questions themselves to "your questions are wrong and your ideas suck and you're wrong to even wonder about this topic" is even more negative.
gbog 14y ago
Our times are sad. Do you see any encouragement toward science in the Simpson's? Read any Jules Verne book, you'll see why in these times most kids dreamt about science. Now even Lego became figurines you have to collect, in my time Lego was a big box of colorful squares used to build anything that crossed one's mind.
- rmc 14y ago
  Read any Jules Verne book, you'll see why in these times most kids dreamt about science. Well the past wasn't brilliant either. Remember in those times, only boys should dream about science. Women were obviously incapable of doing science & maths, so there's no point encouraging them, there's probably something wrong with a woman who wants to do men's work like science.</sarcasm>
Quiark 14y ago
I went to the science museum (don't know what is it called exactly) in Barcelona and there they have demonstrations of many laws of physics, such as if you are spinning and extend your hands, you will slow down and vice versa. There were descriptions for each of the demonstration and yet I saw parents with kids who just went from one to the next, didn't bother to understand or read about the demonstration and in general were completely useless in teaching their kids. It was awful.

by rmc 14y ago

VLM 14y ago

In the old days: "Some people tell children to "not ask questions" or "just because"." In the wikipedia/google era: "That's not important enough for our limited disk space / griefers thought it would be funny to trash it so they feel better when they make others feel sad" I think you'll see an interesting societal shift as the current generation grows up. Its not a positive one. Going from "stop asking questions", "there's no answer" without necessarily judging the questions themselves to "your questions are wrong and your ideas suck and you're wrong to even wonder about this topic" is even more negative.

gbog 14y ago

Our times are sad. Do you see any encouragement toward science in the Simpson's? Read any Jules Verne book, you'll see why in these times most kids dreamt about science. Now even Lego became figurines you have to collect, in my time Lego was a big box of colorful squares used to build anything that crossed one's mind.

rmc 14y ago
Read any Jules Verne book, you'll see why in these times most kids dreamt about science. Well the past wasn't brilliant either. Remember in those times, only boys should dream about science. Women were obviously incapable of doing science & maths, so there's no point encouraging them, there's probably something wrong with a woman who wants to do men's work like science.</sarcasm>

Quiark 14y ago

I went to the science museum (don't know what is it called exactly) in Barcelona and there they have demonstrations of many laws of physics, such as if you are spinning and extend your hands, you will slow down and vice versa. There were descriptions for each of the demonstration and yet I saw parents with kids who just went from one to the next, didn't bother to understand or read about the demonstration and in general were completely useless in teaching their kids. It was awful.