Friday, April 13, 2007

F. Ferrarotti, Homo sentiens....

(Liguori, Napoli, 1995), 108.

Far too often we are what this author calls "a population of supremely well-informed idiots, able to talk about all things without formulating a critical personal judgement on anything at all."

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I once read that Rene Descartes suggested that "we" are a nation of memorizers.

9:24 PM  
Blogger World of UTEP said...

Yo!

You're right on with that Descartes comment.

And as one of my older siblngs pointed out years ago:

"Each item memorized is equal to the same exact value of two points on any given exam!"

Dennis

1:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Multiple choice exams are overrated.

7:56 PM  
Blogger World of UTEP said...

You're right they are an dthat makes scantrons sooo .. important!

Dennis

7:47 AM  

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