6/26: Homeschooling and animal skinning (thanks Slithy_Tove)

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by Tony Shepps
Well, I just figure that faith in the truth of others is different from faith in something you can't possibly prove.

That's true...but remember, there's no real proof in science...strong support, but no proof.

*college classes in biology and psychology coming back to him* Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!

A speaker I saw once pulled this on a crowd. "OK, stand up if you believe that E equals M C squared." Almost everyone stood up. "Now sit down if you can explain it." Most sat down. Moral: you believe things you don't understand all the time.

Especially given that E=MC2 has been generally refuted these days. Lord knows there are a lot of things out there that we perceive to be true, but may not be the case. And as you mentioned, sometimes, we just take some people's words for it.

*recalling the job interview I had yesterday, in which the job worked along this premise* Dear God...

As for the finals question, I would have assumed the question was just an abbreviation of "Can we prove that existence exists?" and would have taken an hour to rehash everything I knew about that. That probably would have gotten a B as well. The A answer might be "I think, therefore I am."

This story was from the same guy whose class was fun, but exams were mind-numbing experiences. I got a 9 out of 100 on my final--it was good for a D.