This is why modern (re)education stresses 'discussion'. Witness the power of intellectual self-immolation.pic.twitter.com/u84QuVOTZU
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@mr_scientism to be fair, though, bouncing ideas back and forth with someone can be very useful for any subject. never happened in class tho
@HbdNrx It's usually about forcing people to air their opinions in a group for approval.
@HbdNrx You don't really see it with subjects where there's no ideological angle. "Discuss how thermodynamics makes you feel."
@mr_scientism indeed, but talking with another student about possible ways of solving a thermo problem can be very useful
@HbdNrx @mr_scientism Plato is no liberal, and all of his stuff is constructed as dialogs.
@Costofles @HbdNrx Tweet was about directed, group discussion, specifically.
@mr_scientism @HbdNrx Oh...but you didn't say that, and my mind-reading hat is broken.
@Costofles @mr_scientism well, the quote in the tweet starting this series was about that kind of discussion
@HbdNrx @mr_scientism Yes, but then you brought up talking one-on-one about thermodynamics. Surely you can see my confusion.
@Costofles @mr_scientism sure. my point is just that not all kinds of discussion (loosely defined) are worthless--just the grp disc in class
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