On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:49:31 -0400, Alain wrote:

>>> In short, a skill that isn't taught often enough is that of critical
>>> thinking.
>>
>> Definitely. Rote memorization teaches nothing, except how to memorize.
>>
>>
>>
> The question is often in the form of: I wonder what I could find if I
> watch this or that? Is there anything hiding behind that? What would
> appen if I do something <insert qualificatif>? Is that wild legent,
> myth, urban legend, beleif,... actualy based on some fact? What if that
> crack head could be onto something in his divagations?

That's one of the things I really like about Mythbusters.  They may not 
get the 'science' right all the time, but they are teaching important 
skills in problem decomposition and building a test.  If they ever 
changed the program so as to lose the elements of "developing their 
tests", the show would lose a lot of its appeal.

> Sometimes, it goes straight to perform some experiment, do some
> observations.

Yep.

Jim

Post a reply to this message