Even Now, as an Oldster, Do you still believe that you will die, not a natural death, BUT, as the result of Nuclear Warfare, or maybe one single Electromagnetic Pulse bomb (EMP) which will return us to the stone age?

[HeijoshinCool]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

How can a post be BOTH unintelligible AND depressing?

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Well, if they were unintelligible, they would be depressing to read, yes?

 

Unfortunately, the are intelligible.

 

????

[GammaGlobulin]

9 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Are you saying that I know NOTHING about ANYTHING?

 

Not even one iota about anything?

 

Or, are you saying that I know something about some things, but not much about anything important?

[ExpatOilWorker]

Imagine if some crazy virus came and killed us all?

I know, pure science fiction. Nuclear war it is.

[GammaGlobulin]

4 minutes ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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Well, if they were unintelligible, they would be depressing to read, yes?

 

Unfortunately, the are intelligible.

 

????

Do you mean that the following string of characters is depressing?

 

owghewoivhnwpovhnewepofiwheeiffweihfgwepfihwephfwpeghfewpghwepgih2wepigfhwepghiewghf'w

 

Would you say the above string of unintelligible random characters is satirical or depressing or enlightening?

 

Which?

 

 

[HeijoshinCool]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Do you mean that the following string of characters is depressing?

 

owghewoivhnwpovhnewepofiwheeiffweihfgwepfihwephfwpeghfewpghwepgih2wepigfhwepghiewghf'w

 

Would you say the above string of unintelligible random characters is satirical or depressing or enlightening?

 

Which?

 

 

.

 

Man, just had a flashback from years ago.....

 

The theme song from The Twilight Zone.

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, HeijoshinCool said:

.

 

Man, just had a flashback from years ago.....

 

The theme song from The Twilight Zone.

You mean....  "The Last Man on Earth"?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_at_Last

Edited October 18, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[HeijoshinCool]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You mean....  "The Last Man on Earth"?

 

No, I mean do-do-do-do......

 

 

[Bluespunk]

9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Are you saying that I know NOTHING about ANYTHING?

 

Not even one iota about anything?

 

Or, are you saying that I know something about some things, but not much about anything important?

Read what I quoted from your post...they did teach you that much in school I'm guessing.

 

Comprehension-well that's a different creature I'd say.

Edited October 18, 2021 by Bluespunk

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Read what I quoted from your post...they did teach you that much in school I gather.

No.

In October of 1962, we did not learn much.

Most of us were hiding under our desks, as I stated above.

[Will B Good]

41 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Wow.

 

The very strange thing is that the RISK of nuclear war, and the IMPLICATION of nuclear war, apparently, is not taught in decent schools these days, judging by the above comments.

 

This is incredible.

 

This topic, the RISK of nuclear war is one of the most important topics that needs to be taught in all schools.

 

OK.

 

Nevermind.

 

Just hide your heads in the sand, and let your hind ends get scorched.

 

Does anyone recall the appalling effects of the Hiroshima bombing?

 

History WILL repeat itself.

Why?

Just because, we never learn from history.

 

Bombs Away!

 

We will see the Sun on Earth, no doubt.

And then, that will be the end of Earth, as we now know it.

 

 

What an excellent idea.......mar a kids life and destroy any childhood happiness with the specter of a nuclear war....pure genius.

Edited October 18, 2021 by Will B Good

[GammaGlobulin]

17 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

What an excellent idea.......mar a kids life and destroy any childhood happiness with the specter of a nuclear war....pure genius.

Are you now saying that children are less worried about the future of their world than are their parents?

 

The opposite is true.

 

Children, these days, are far more worried about the future of the world than are their parents, so sadly.

 

And, children, these days, are becoming more vocal concerning the lack of caring of their parents about the world that our children will inherit.

 

Everybody knows this.

 

I am sure YOU know this, too.

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Children, these days, are far more worried about the future of the world than are their parents, so sadly.

What a crying shame.

[GammaGlobulin]

Just now, Will B Good said:

What a crying shame.

Maybe NOT such a crying shame if one is OLD and does not care.

 

However, our children DO care.

[Will B Good]

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

Maybe NOT such a crying shame if one is OLD and does not care.

 

However, our children DO care.

And their mental health is suffering terribly as a consequence.

 

Teach them about the horrors of the past fair enough.......but don't fill their heads with the imagined horrors of the future.

[Bluespunk]

27 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

No.

In October of 1962, we did not learn much.

Most of us were hiding under our desks, as I stated above.

You did not spend October [31 days] under your desk.

 

Plus you said schools, these days, are mostly manure...you do not know what you are talking about.

[Will B Good]

Just now, Bluespunk said:

You did not spend October [31 days] under your desk.

 

Plus you said schools, these days, are mostly manure...you do not know what you are talking about.

Agree.....UK schools and education generally are amazing in the opportunities they present to kids.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Agree.....UK schools and education generally are amazing in the opportunities they present to kids.

Do schools teach much about risk?

 

Existential risk?

 

(Although I do not know, I would guess that they do.)

Edited October 18, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Do schools teach much about risk?

 

Existential risk?

"Existential angst", sometimes called existential dread, anxiety, or anguish, is a term common to many existentialist thinkers.....yep.....let's blight their little lives asap.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

"Existential angst", sometimes called existential dread, anxiety, or anguish, is a term common to many existentialist thinkers.....yep.....let's blight their little lives asap.

Oh. I see.  You are a teacher who teaches in the Pollyannaish framework.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Oh. I see.  You are a teacher who teaches in the Pollyannaish framework.

Nope.....just not keen on the idea of traumatizing kids any more than is necessary.

[GammaGlobulin]

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

Oh. I see.  You are a teacher who teaches in the Pollyannaish framework.

Of course, since you are speaking about their "little lives", then I agree with you, if you are teaching six-year-olds.

By all means, if you are teaching at this level, then just continue teaching your fairy tales.

[Will B Good]

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

Of course, since you are speaking about their "little lives", then I agree with you, if you are teaching six-year-olds.

By all means, if you are teaching at this level, then just continue teaching your fairy tales.

Wrong yet again (rather habit forming it seems) .

[GammaGlobulin]

Just now, Will B Good said:

Nope.....just not keen on the idea of traumatizing kids any more than is necessary.

So...

 

You do not agree to traumatizing children in school with History?

 

How do you teach the history of WW2.

 

Do you also brush over the history of Bergen Belsen, might one ask?

 

Thank Heaven you were never my teacher.

 

Otherwise, I would know even less than I do now.

 

 

[KarenBravo]

5 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

So...

 

You do not agree to traumatizing children in school with History?

 

How do you teach the history of WW2.

 

Do you also brush over the history of Bergen Belsen, might one ask?

 

Thank Heaven you were never my teacher.

 

Otherwise, I would know even less than I do now.

 

 

Not possible.

[GammaGlobulin]

4 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

Not possible.

Cute reply.

 

But, you are avoiding the question.

[GammaGlobulin]

Well, anyway....

 

The answer to the question concerning how one teaches difficult realities of life to children is this:

 

A good teacher must teach reality in a way that allows children to still have hope.

 

And, one must never sugarcoat science or history.  Otherwise, children grow into adults who are unable to accept reality, as it is.

 

Teach Science, and teach it based on the scientific method.

 

Also, teach resilience to children, at every opportunity.

 

If you do not know about teaching resilience to children, then...

 

 Take a lesson from Angela Duckworth at Penn.

 

If one hides the truth from children (even though, as we all know, this is an impossibility), then where does one draw the line.

At what age does one finally say:  OK.  We have taught fantasy to this child, for X number of years, and now we will begin to teach this child the facts of life?

 

Don't be a BONEHEAD teacher.

 

Always teach the truth.

 

AND, while teaching the truth, then one must also teach the child how to accept the truth.

 

I mean....

 

When a child's relative or friend dies, then what do you teach the child?

 

Do you teach the child that this loved one is somewhere up in the sky, looking down, smiling, playing a harp, and singing hymns?

 

Maybe you do, even though you know it is a fib. 

 

 

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

So...

 

You do not agree to traumatizing children in school with History?

 

How do you teach the history of WW2.

 

Do you also brush over the history of Bergen Belsen, might one ask?

 

Thank Heaven you were never my teacher.

 

Otherwise, I would know even less than I do now.

 

 

You didn't read my post!

 

I said yes! Teach them about the horrors of the past.....not the horrors of an imagined future,

[GammaGlobulin]

21 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

You didn't read my post!

 

I said yes! Teach them about the horrors of the past.....not the horrors of an imagined future,

Are you sure your real name is not Elon Musk?

 

When the going gets tough, and when the planet is destroyed...then...  Just head for Mars.

Edited October 18, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[scorecard]

7 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I think MAD is off the cards ........

But I'm undecided between Zombie Apocalypse and Asteroid strike ...... maybe mass coronal ejection. COVID vaccine pushes me more towards Zombie Apocalypse (aka I Am Legend, The Omega Man). 

... is that ejection or ejaculation...? 

[GammaGlobulin]

24 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

You didn't read my post!

 

I said yes! Teach them about the horrors of the past.....not the horrors of an imagined future,

You mean...  No need to teach children anything about such things as the Keeling Curve?

 

Right.

 

Never plan for the future.

 

Never teach about various scenarios, based on consequences of different behaviors.

 

Never teach cause and effect?

 

Never teach about the consequences of the huge stockpile of nuclear weapons held by many countries.

 

never teach about the horrors of nuclear war?

 

Should we teach about the "miniaturization" of nuclear weapons, or the perfecting on nuclear weapons, or the continued research going full tilt at this moment.

 

By the way, have you ever heard of a guy by the name of Sam Nunn?

 

Tactical nukes...anyone?

 

So, you must be a teacher who never discusses with your students consequences of ongoing processes happening as we speak.

 

What kind of teacher are you?

Anyway?