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Is this the "Age of Ignorance"?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Azrael, Mar 21, 2012.

  1. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    With the caveat that I haven't read the book, that's not exactly something limited to those under 30. I know many people under 30 who are significantly more intellectually curious than some others I know who are older than 30.

    I don't disagree that the Internet can be a problem for a variety of reasons, though, for people of any age.
     
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    That does not mean, in isolated cases, that they are not correct.
     
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  3. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    I think the appropriate citation is Richard Hofstader, and go from there.

    Viewed in that way, there's not a thing unhinged about that essay -- he's saying Hofstader was right.

    And he was.
     
  4. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    You can be intellectually curious and still be ignorant.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I agree with you. In fact, I find that among my peer group, particularly college classmates, intellectual curiosity seems to wane as time passes. But I think that Bauerlein's premise is appropriate because the generation coming through now, essentially people under 30, is the first to grow up on the Internet the way we grew up on TV. And certainly the Internet and technology in the context of formal education is a worthwhile topic that is confined to young people.
     
  6. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    I think in our travels we've all found people of any age who are stupid and uninformed. It doesn't take growing up with the Internet to actively narrow your mind.
     
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  7. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Before I make a decision on this Simic guy and what he has to say, I need to know his politics.
     
  8. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    True, but it's much less likely.

    It's like saying you can work out and still be out of shape.
     
  9. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    The fat trainer at my old gym wants to kick your ignorant ass.
     
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    That's a condition that cures itself.

    Simic is describing inoperable incuriosity.
     
  11. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    Gimme a minute, I'll think my way out of it.

    This.
     
  12. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    I'm not sure many people, no matter how smart or well-read, are truly intellectually curious. We tend to form opinions on big stuff early on and spend our lives seeking out information to back them up.
     
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