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closeupready

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15. Learning is for sissies.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 11:53 AM

Feb 2015

In America, that is.

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When i was a child back in the early 60's, I used to take out [View all] hedgehog Feb 2015 OP

America became anti science in the 70s olddots Feb 2015 #1

Well, some of us never lost the interest. Warpy Feb 2015 #2

I believe that was more the 1980's Sherman A1 Feb 2015 #4

For me, it was Expat in Korea Feb 2015 #3

I did, too. My mom had this great book of biographies of scientists, and I loved it. Hekate Feb 2015 #5

Not to mention homework! hedgehog Feb 2015 #6

The books may be passe but the science isn't. lovemydog Feb 2015 #7

Kids are still reading those books, and others. MineralMan Feb 2015 #8

I was wondering how much this change has to do with the entire anti-vaxxer hedgehog Feb 2015 #9

Most people have been ignorant of science for a very long time. MineralMan Feb 2015 #13

Very true. Most kids in the past 3 or 4 generations did not read a book unless Nay Feb 2015 #10

When I was a child back in the 60s, LWolf Feb 2015 #11

I think a lot of younger adults have no notion of what life was like hedgehog Feb 2015 #12

That's really an issue LWolf Feb 2015 #20

Not reading biographies because you don't value 'heroes' is pretty limiting, bios of vile people and Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #14

That's not why I don't read them. LWolf Feb 2015 #19

I remember doing a book report on Thomas Edison as a child. closeupready Feb 2015 #16

Learning is for sissies. closeupready Feb 2015 #15

I did the same thing, but it sure was not the mainstream thing back then. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #17

They didn't but pseudo-science came back cloaked in the language of science pushing it into the mix Johonny Feb 2015 #18

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