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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by pdntspa on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:38PM (#35213875)
Why do we need this stupid metric of "will I ever use this"? That is a recipe for ignorance. You will never be able to handle novel circumstances if you limit your knowledge to shit you think you will need.
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by bombolo on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:17PM (#35214601)
True… but trivia isn't necessarily knowledge
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by bumby on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:10PM (#35214922)
Trivia is defined as “information of little value.” So who determines what is trivia and what isn’t?
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by WalterBright on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:40PM (#35214741)
The trick is not knowing a lot - but knowing how to find out what you need to know.
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