12th April 2007, 12:48 PM
Indeed. We can't just pretend the "viewpoint" that bad things never happened is a valid thing to teach in the face of all evidence. Might as well stop teaching about the moon landing, or that the earth is round, or that germs are the source of some diseases.
The fact is, if you ignore reality, then all your endevors are far more likely to fail than if you learn from it. Or, to put it in the context of a history class, "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and time flows like a river, and also the Mana Fortress". I mean I think that's how it goes.
The fact is, if you ignore reality, then all your endevors are far more likely to fail than if you learn from it. Or, to put it in the context of a history class, "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and time flows like a river, and also the Mana Fortress". I mean I think that's how it goes.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)