OT? Dumbing down of society

There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...gewanted=print

Happy landings,

On Feb 15, 9:33*pm, "Private" wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...

Happy landings,

So very reminiscent of the dark ages when the ruling class kept the
peasants ignorant to control and tax them.
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

On Feb 15, 7:33 pm, "Private" wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...
Happy landings,

Thanks. I think America peaked in about 1970,
after that was a back-lash due to Vietnam, Apollo,
nucular energy, watergate...etc...American's were
good industrial engineers but usually imported the
scientists.
Eisenhower then Kennedy attempted to install a
scientific respect in American culture with mixed
results.
BULLETIN JUST IN: Flash, Director of GAO resigned.
Must cut short my post.
Ken

Recently, Gene Seibel posted:

On Feb 15, 9:33 pm, "Private" wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing
down of society in regards to stalls and flight training and
piloting in general, this author shares many of the same feelings.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...

Happy landings,

So very reminiscent of the dark ages when the ruling class kept the
peasants ignorant to control and tax them.

Sounds a lot like how things are now in the USA. Spend money on anything
other than education, and make the education system as ineffective as
possible.

Neil

On Feb 15, 9:33*pm, "Private" wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...

Happy landings,

It's not satisfying for some reason to think this, but in general the
world has been getting better, not worse...

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/c...36.html?page=1

The header says it all.



Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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The header says it all.



Bertie

I think, or not, therefore I spend. Waht was the qeustoinh?


Crikey. We need a new 'Enlightenment'.

Sad to say, but sometimes....just sometimes...I wonder if...perhaps...if
Hitler had had television...and in particular 'reality' TV....if he couldn't
have helped out the gene pool....given another 20 years or
so....seriously....

"BakedandFried" wrote in
:


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
...
The header says it all.



Bertie

I think, or not, therefore I spend. Waht was the qeustoinh?


Crikey. We need a new 'Enlightenment'.

Sad to say, but sometimes....just sometimes...I wonder
if...perhaps...if Hitler had had television..



He did. His was the first reality show. '36 Olympics..

Bertie

On Feb 15, 8:33 pm, "Private" wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...

Happy landings,

Related to rote learning. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_learning

Many pilots (way too many) commit facts to memory to get past
the flight and written exams. It's rote learning, without the
understanding necessary to be safe. Exams tend to encourage that sort
of thing.

Dan

On Feb 17, 3:12 pm, wrote:
On Feb 15, 8:33 pm, "Private" wrote:

There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...

Happy landings,

Related to rote learning. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_learning

Many pilots (way too many) commit facts to memory to get past
the flight and written exams. It's rote learning, without the
understanding necessary to be safe. Exams tend to encourage that sort
of thing.

Dan

Well yeah... See the Stall thread about all the Sunday Blue sky
cowboys who crap their satin panties when they get some buffet let
alone a full stall.

Our society is breeding a generation of panty waisted sissy marys who
quake at the thought pushing the envelope. Without anti lock brakes
and GPS they couldn't find their collective arses to wipe off the
dingle berries. Thank God they'll die politically correct with a full
load of estrogen coursing through their manly 12" arms and smooth
satiny 12" pencil necks.