On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM, ss <[email protected]> wrote:
> We do teach children certain things. For example teaching a child that a > doctor needs to be consulted for ill health is a pointer towards where > information is available. The doctor in turn has colleagues, literature and > the internet to search for information when he is up against something odd > and unusual. The key point here is knowledge of where the information might > be found. > I too believe that information has always been infinite; I think that there are now two types of education..one, imparting knowledge, which is interpreting information two, imparting the knowledge on how to access information, prior to processing or using it. The first type of education can be pretty didactic sometimes. > > The second, and IMO even more important factor is the ability to ask > oneself > if one really knows something. A lot of myths and half-baked knowledge is > imparted almost unconsciously in childhood and remains unquestioned > thoughout > one's life. The desire to to ask oneself if one's own knowledge is accurate > is the first step towards gaining knowledge. Finding a source for > information > is second to that. > Soooo true. The need to examine my "basic database" and find out what I really think, believe and know...has been taking me all my life, and I am still amazed by the misinformation, prejudices, and preconceptions I have. Deepa.
