IgnoranceI once was in a programming class where the task was "build a calculator". A student did one with buttons 1, 2, 3 all the way up to about 25 and then ran out of space on the screen. We've asked this before but liked it so much we're asking again: What's the best example of ignorance you've encountered?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 12:30)
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I love my mate. He is an adorable idiot. EXHIBIT 1: We arranged to meet at midday. He eventually turned up at 1pm, all pleased with himself because "I'm on time for once!". I pointed out that he was an hour late. He got upset and claimed he was on time. We argued for 5 minutes until I was able to convince him that "MID-DAY" did refer to 12pm, not 1pm, in a similar way to "MID-NIGHT" referring to 12am.
EXHIBIT 2: I was trying to explain to him that metal was a good conductor of heat. This involved trying to explain the concept of conducting. When he told me that "Steel and iron are metals, but copper isn't. Is it?", I gave up.
He's 42.
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biscuitbiscuit is in ur garden, watering ur plantz, Fri 31 Aug 2012, 0:31,
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