Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:20:10 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Military robotics
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Yeah, we were actually having a conversation along those lines at WSFA on
Friday.  About how people have different methods of learning and how there
are some people who learn best by understanding the concepts and some who
learn best by rote memorization.  I would suspect that engineers as a rule
would be concept learners.  Which would mean that if you asked them if they
had read any Keith Laumer they wouldn't know, but if you asked them if they
had read a book about some specific plot or idea, they could tell
you.  Frankly, I have no idea what Keith Laumer has written, but I'd be
willing to bet money that I had read at least *some*thing by him.

At 04:23 PM 4/18/2005, you wrote:
>At 05:08 PM 4/18/05 GMT, Ern wrote:
> >So fa I've asked about ten of the forty odd engineering types. No clue.
>
>Did you ask them about Kieth Laumer, or about Bolos?  Not everyone
>remembers author's names...there are books where I can tell you the plot in
>detail, but not who wrote it.  I'm just not good at names...but I am an
>engineer (sort of)! ;-)
>
>-- Mike B.
>--
>The trouble with keeping an open mind is that people keep putting garbage
>in it.

Candy

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