CyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialCyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
The linked post shows how most non-tech people’s understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoI promise you that if you collect 10 random people and ask them what Ohms law is, at most you get 5 that knows it’s something about electricity. You are lucky if you have one that knows it.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoIt’s taught in every school… At least in Europe.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoGreat. So is history, trigonometry and literature. It doesn’t mean adults know it. Most of what you learn in school will be forgotten unless you have a reason to keep using it.
I promise you that if you collect 10 random people and ask them what Ohms law is, at most you get 5 that knows it’s something about electricity. You are lucky if you have one that knows it.
It’s taught in every school… At least in Europe.
Great. So is history, trigonometry and literature.
It doesn’t mean adults know it. Most of what you learn in school will be forgotten unless you have a reason to keep using it.