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Originally Posted by simmo
You gotta keep it simple if you want people to learn.
Example. Anybody remember that old guy (somebody will know his name) that did experiments on the old chocolate ads in the 80's with the icecubes and string or the egg in the bottle trick. I used to love those ads as a kid and it intrigued my mind about science. Now if he had just talked about calculus then 99.9% of kids would have gone, huh  , and nothing would have developed in us.
I used to love listening to Dr Karl on JJJ too. He would crack me up with some of the weird stuff he would talk about but there was a serious side to him as well that he could really get into the nitty gritty if pressed and that was a really good presenting style.
You definitely need some bright shiny objects to lure the moths when presenting science so that people can slowly absorb what's going on and God knows that people will do their best and learn the most when having fun. |
Professor Julius Sumner Miller.
Used to love them myself.
Cheers
