Re: The 3 minute 56 second illusion

On Jun 9, 12:02 pm, Morten Reistad <fi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And why so many of them are attracted to astronomy, even if they
get it totally wrong even at the outset.

These basic frame of reference errors are very common among
students.

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I agree. The difference is that you can explain to the student why his
error is an error, and with patience and an able teacher, he will
quickly get it right.

Unfortunatley, this is not true of Gerald, he seems to have no
capacity to learn anything that might change the way he views the
universe. He feels that his intelligence is 'intuitive' and he rejects
empirical data and calls it irrelevant.

\Paul A

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