Re: [OT] Re: shuttle disaster

[Daniel Barclay <dsb@smart.net>]

Mike M wrote:
> 
> On Monday 03 February 2003 18:38, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> > Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > > ...
> > > In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
> > > _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
> > > because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
> > > ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone
> > > could have.     - Lee Iacocca
> >
> > Wouldn't that be society resting on its laurels?  And stagnating?
> > (With no one creating additional civilization.)
> 
> Socrates was stagnant and resting on his society's laurels?  Good teaching
> inspires creativity.

I didn't say Socrates was stagnant.

I didn't say teachers were stagnant.

No, I said (well...meant) that society would be stagnant if passing on 
knowledge were the _only_ highest aspiration.  Someone's got to be 
creating/discovering/generating new knowldge or the pool of knowledge
doesn't grow.



Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
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