Comments on: The Real Reason Education Matters http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters grep understanding Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » The Real Reason Education Matters http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-244810 DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » The Real Reason Education Matters Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:26 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-244810 <p>[...] Read it. And that’s the point: there is so much collective wisdom in existence that we, as potential contributors, need to have at least functional knowledge of it before we can hope to advance the dialogue. To give a quantitative model, I’d say that collective wisdom lies at 7 on a scale of 10, and that intellectuals of in all disciplines are striving to push for 8. Unfortunately, the odds of them doing so from the position of a layman are rather dismal. [...]</p> [...] Read it. And that’s the point: there is so much collective wisdom in existence that we, as potential contributors, need to have at least functional knowledge of it before we can hope to advance the dialogue. To give a quantitative model, I’d say that collective wisdom lies at 7 on a scale of 10, and that intellectuals of in all disciplines are striving to push for 8. Unfortunately, the odds of them doing so from the position of a layman are rather dismal. [...]

]]> By: Carl M http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-53788 Carl M Tue, 08 May 2007 17:14:50 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-53788 <p>Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.</p> Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.

]]> By: Carl M http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-247540 Carl M Tue, 08 May 2007 17:14:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-247540 <p>Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.</p> Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.

]]> By: Carl M http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-247541 Carl M Tue, 08 May 2007 17:14:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-247541 <p>Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.</p> Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-53373 Daniel Miessler Sun, 06 May 2007 13:17:54 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-53373 <p>I agree, Adrian. That would do more to advance humanity than almost anything else. If you could imbue someone with the knowledge, for example, of how negatively their actions could effect the world, they're far less likely to take part in that behavior.</p> <p>Most people are harmful to those around them out of ignorance, not out of malice. If we could flash people with collective knowledge at certain intervals (like in school) then we could simply sit around and have think tank - oriented discussions and focus on interaction in school. We could then capture the output and propagate it to the world.</p> I agree, Adrian. That would do more to advance humanity than almost anything else. If you could imbue someone with the knowledge, for example, of how negatively their actions could effect the world, they’re far less likely to take part in that behavior.

Most people are harmful to those around them out of ignorance, not out of malice. If we could flash people with collective knowledge at certain intervals (like in school) then we could simply sit around and have think tank – oriented discussions and focus on interaction in school. We could then capture the output and propagate it to the world.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-247539 Daniel Miessler Sun, 06 May 2007 13:17:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-247539 <p>I agree, Adrian. That would do more to advance humanity than almost anything else. If you could imbue someone with the knowledge, for example, of how negatively their actions could effect the world, they're far less likely to take part in that behavior.</p> <p>Most people are harmful to those around them out of ignorance, not out of malice. If we could flash people with collective knowledge at certain intervals (like in school) then we could simply sit around and have think tank - oriented discussions and focus on interaction in school. We could then capture the output and propagate it to the world.</p> I agree, Adrian. That would do more to advance humanity than almost anything else. If you could imbue someone with the knowledge, for example, of how negatively their actions could effect the world, they’re far less likely to take part in that behavior.

Most people are harmful to those around them out of ignorance, not out of malice. If we could flash people with collective knowledge at certain intervals (like in school) then we could simply sit around and have think tank – oriented discussions and focus on interaction in school. We could then capture the output and propagate it to the world.

]]> By: Adrian Bool http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-53362 Adrian Bool Sun, 06 May 2007 11:01:11 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-53362 <p>I've long thought that he most significant part of The Matrix was the near instantaneous programming of people. The great thinkers in time often mastered multiple disciplines - and their discoveries were born from these different perspectives. As mankind understands more and more about individual subjects it has become impossible for anyone to have a detailed understanding of say, all the sciences. Therefore, I feel that the greatest invention we could build today would be the 'download facility' portrayed in the Matrix to provide human minds with the knowledge required to carry us further from where we are now.</p> I’ve long thought that he most significant part of The Matrix was the near instantaneous programming of people. The great thinkers in time often mastered multiple disciplines – and their discoveries were born from these different perspectives. As mankind understands more and more about individual subjects it has become impossible for anyone to have a detailed understanding of say, all the sciences. Therefore, I feel that the greatest invention we could build today would be the ‘download facility’ portrayed in the Matrix to provide human minds with the knowledge required to carry us further from where we are now.

]]> By: Adrian Bool http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-247538 Adrian Bool Sun, 06 May 2007 11:01:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-247538 <p>I've long thought that he most significant part of The Matrix was the near instantaneous programming of people. The great thinkers in time often mastered multiple disciplines - and their discoveries were born from these different perspectives. As mankind understands more and more about individual subjects it has become impossible for anyone to have a detailed understanding of say, all the sciences. Therefore, I feel that the greatest invention we could build today would be the 'download facility' portrayed in the Matrix to provide human minds with the knowledge required to carry us further from where we are now.</p> I’ve long thought that he most significant part of The Matrix was the near instantaneous programming of people. The great thinkers in time often mastered multiple disciplines – and their discoveries were born from these different perspectives. As mankind understands more and more about individual subjects it has become impossible for anyone to have a detailed understanding of say, all the sciences. Therefore, I feel that the greatest invention we could build today would be the ‘download facility’ portrayed in the Matrix to provide human minds with the knowledge required to carry us further from where we are now.

]]> By: Carl M http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-53360 Carl M Sun, 06 May 2007 10:47:53 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-53360 <p>Indeed.</p> Indeed.

]]> By: Carl M http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-247536 Carl M Sun, 06 May 2007 10:47:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-247536 <p>Indeed.</p> Indeed.

]]> By: Carl M http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-reason-education-matters/comment-page-1#comment-247537 Carl M Sun, 06 May 2007 10:47:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1312#comment-247537 <p>Indeed.</p> Indeed.

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