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I agree with the saying..."different strokes for different folks"... but what I was trying to get at was the complete lack of anything people show to new areas of knowledge or experience outside of their little worlds. You don't necessarily have to show a particular liking or in depth interest in a subject, but at least acknowledge that it's there. I know people who have never looked up at the night sky and going by one recent US survey, most don't even know how long it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun!!!!!. Some don't even realise that we orbit the Sun!!!!!. Most don't even realise the Sun is a star!!!!. Simple....less than primary school knowledge. I was listening to a recording of the ABC Science Show, and a professor who was on there said he met a guy who didn't even know what Apollo was!!!. And this is supposedly a reasonably well educated person living in a Western society. Except for the very elderly who have memory loss, or the very young, that is amazing to see that someone could be so ignorant of something like that. Almost as if they'd be living under a rock for most of their lives. Unfortunately, they're not the only one.
It's not so much a case of being overstimulated as it is of being "coached" to be brain dead. The media feeds them all the unadulterated trash that they can spin out and the education system that we have breeds a whole lot of dullards. Most teachers aren't really qualified to teach the subjects they do, especially in the sciences. They don't have enough training or experience. They can't really give kids the benefit of their knowledge because they've hardly got enough to practice with. That's why people leave school with little appreciation of anything to do with science, nature or most other things. That, plus the teachers, because of their lack of knowledge and experience, tend to be rather dull and boring. They have no enthusiasm for their subjects and that reflects in the way they teach and how the kids react to the teaching.
Sorry for rambling on there, but it's a bit of a sore point with me, the way kids and adults have lost the awe for even the simplest of things, these days. No interest, no imagination.
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