[Phys-L] Re: In the Private Universe

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

One also can't set time shifting w/o setting the clock to the "correct"
time.

Occasionally I read v.~ 1/2 the public can't do time shifting.  When I
worked for a high end audio vision shop, we were instructed to teach the
kids how to use the equipment, not the parents.  The 1/2 who can are
under 25?

bc, who usually doesn't read the manual.  If the equipment were designed
by Martians, he probably necessarily would.

p.s. I must admit I had to resort to the online think pad repair manual
to replace the ROM  batt.  [Never necessary w/ Apple.]  I think IBM
employs Martians.

RAUBER, JOEL wrote:

> |
> | Reading is certainly important.  I think we all agree on the
> | historical signifcance of the printed text.  However like all
> | skills and strategies, the fact that it works well for some
> | things does not imply that is works well for all.  In science
> | it certainly works to provide a posterior foundation, to
> | codify the canon, so to speak.  But that does not mean that
> | one can learn well from it.
> |
>
> One of the points I'm making isn't whether or not one can learn well
> from reading, its that it is a necessary skill for educated person and
> one that is necessary to function in many contexts.
>
> E.g. I'll need to be able to read the manual for my VCR in order to know
> how to set the time function on it.  The fact that I am able to read and
> learn from a very technical source of printed material, i.e. the manual
> (which may be read over the web, there is nothing magical about paper)
> enables me to prevent the blinking time light on my VCR.
>
> If I don't have that skill, blink blink blink
>
> And certainly one of the goals of education is to impart that skill upon
> the tabula rasa,
>
> At least I hope that that is one of the goals of the eduation of my
> daughter.
>
> Joel R