Scott McLeod on people who say, “We didn’t have computers when I was in school and I turned out okay.”
Is it wrong of me to wish that people who espouse this view be prohibited from holding political office or serving on school boards?
Stephen Downes pivots off McLeod and offers his own response to those people:
You didnโt have Segways in schools when you were a kid and look how the world turned out. We donโt get to make those mistakes a second time. We need to get it right, now. Thatโs why we need Segways in schools.
He actually cites computers, not Segways, but it’s the same logical error. Likewise, McLeod admitted he couldn’t think of any elected officials who actually thought that way. It’s the same old harangue, only now they’re making up villains. They’re fabricating cretins and idiots and then criticizing them for their idiocy and cretinism.
2011 Nov 7. Scott McLeod notes that just because he couldn’t give me a link to those comments doesn’t mean he hasn’t heard them. Which is absolutely correct and qualifies my comments here. Here is my response.
