Sad but Unsurprising

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by bigjoe

When I was at Uni many moons ago,even something like multiple choice was almost unheard of.Now its commonplace. There is now a general lack of rigor academically and life in general.Most of our young culture has embrassed a mindless American subculture of"Yo Bro"and a lot of manners and courtisies forgotten.Its a long way from finishing Uni etc and knowing much at all. IT TAKES YEARS!Cheers.

Maybe the increasing illiteracy in Science, the lack of critical thinking skills, the decline in academic standards etc. points to something more fundamental concerning the state of the human race........

Regards

Steven

[Profiler (Profiler)]

Originally Posted by sjastro

Maybe the increasing illiteracy in Science, the lack of critical thinking skills, the decline in academic standards etc. points to something more fundamental concerning the state of the human race........

Regards

Steven

+1

Yes - that too!

[andrew2008]

Originally Posted by bigjoe

When I was at Uni many moons ago,even something like multiple choice was almost unheard of.Now its commonplace. There is now a general lack of rigor academically and life in general.Most of our young culture has embrassed a mindless American subculture of"Yo Bro"and a lot of manners and courtisies forgotten.Its a long way from finishing Uni etc and knowing much at all. IT TAKES YEARS!Cheers.

Have done seven exams and only had a multiple choice section in one of those, from memory the section was worth about 20%. Guess science courses are still up to standard then? The rest aren't real degrees anyway

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by andrew2008

Have done seven exams and only had a multiple choice section in one of those, from memory the section was worth about 20%. Guess science courses are still up to standard then? The rest aren't real degrees anyway

Its great that your doing science.and not justt a Bat in F --rtz.Which. would have qualified you as a possibly well read taxi driver or receptionist or better still the dole
So keep perservering my friend,your on the right course.No pun intended..

[Steffen]

Originally Posted by sjastro

points to something more fundamental concerning the state of the human race........

And it's being noticed

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=102_1223151338

Cheers
Steffen.

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[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by Profiler

+1

Yes - that too!

The human race is headed for high entropy,just like everything else in the cosmos.Pessimistic,but it seems oh so true.

[von Tom (Tom)]

I look at what happens in the main media and I like to call it a celebration of ignorance.