Educating the children is probably the best way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCC8a6HMz4

Yeah, cartoons, science and some catchy music.

Doubt is fine, the problem is most people can't be bothered to educate themselves and think for themselves.

They would rather let a talking head (scientist, religious leader, etc) do their thinking and tell them which view point/idea has merit rather than being able to figure out what is correct, or more likely to be correct. Worse is that there is much closed mindedness in that people can't see any viewpoint but their own.

We, as a collective species, need to use our own brains and learn at least enough to intelligently follow a given discourse whether it be weather, law, or anything else.

Likelihood of that happening? 0%- although this forecast has been done without much scientific rigour.

Not that this is likely to be seen...but, if you want a good version (the real version, approved by Asimov) then get the Illustrated screenplay by Harlan Ellison.

When I heard the movie was coming out I was assuming it to be this, when I looked up the writer and it was not Ellison I refused to see it, and still have not...I'll just read the original or this.

http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Illustrated-Screenplay-Harlan-Ellison/dp/1596870419/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257868564&sr=8-19

But of course...they're already remaking everything imaginable.
It will be the remake of 2012.

"2012 II, this time it's for real!"

Sorry, I posted this. Needed to save my place while getting work done at the same time.

I am me, and I endorsed this message.

That's ok.
I'm just happy when people in the US can correctly identify that my home state, Delaware, is in fact a state...

Identified as being somewhere near Maine? No.
O, near Boston? What? Boston is a city, we are a state, try further south.

Invariably I have to explain that we are in Maryland- they know where that is for some reason.

Look, unless many Bothans die to bring me this "vital" information, I am just not interested.

I measure the value of interest in Bothans/pg. I expect a high amount of Bothan deaths/pg of info. If we aren't talking at least 10 BD/p then I ain't interested.

However, this video was cool, if we can fix the shaky-cam somehow, even cooler.

I for one welcome our bovine overlor....wait, they're already here.

Moooove along, nothing new here.

I am going to have to call BS on this one. Two things: 1. Just because all your friends speak the same level of garbage doesn't make you more "Literate." It just means everyone you know speaks like an idiot. It's great that you speak to your audiences level, now let's raise the caliber of that general level. 2. While studying editing for my Degree in Writing (Business and Technical) I had to edit a paper from an Honors level student. I couldn't even understand what point he was trying to make. So, what papers, and from what colleges/universities was she reviewing? I've seen some doozies even up to last month. It's hard to edit for grammar and not touch the content when the content is a turd.

The reasons we teach this, and the reasons it is still important for EVERYONE to have a good general knowledge of things are: 1. Who knows what a child will take interest in, and will then cause them to follow something for life? Can you predict if a child will like physics or literature? No. You expose them to as much as possible and hope they find something in there that they are passionate about...if your choices are chocolate or vanilla, how would you ever know that strawberry is awesome? 2. Why is history important? It's just stuff that already happened...it is important because you can learn from past mistakes (in theory at least). It is important to have a general understanding of the world so you don't just stare at the sky grunting and wondering where this falling water comes from...if you don't know how things work, in general, you can be led like a sheep to follow some idiot without knowing they are wrong. It is important because if all you know is how to turn a screw then why don't we just replace you with a machine...it costs less and doesn't need benefits. However, it can't think of solutions like an intelligent, generally educated person could.

I would not agree- How much of the ideas and capabilities from the novel have either come to be, or close enough as makes no differece? This alone *should* make this a classic for the ages. I would love to argue that 1984 is more relevant today than say, The Great Gatsby, but with the economy where it is, I would have to admit Gatsby is again relevant (at least to me).

Not all schools have it as required reading. I read it on my own while in High School, and currently re-reading it. We were assigned Brave New World, but not 1984. Kind of odd. I wonder, when this goes to court, will it be tried in Room 101? And if he loses, will he be deleted, or re-educated.

"It is alleged the man was threatening police with a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter, and ignored repeated requests to stop, when he was shot." He had a lighter- now do the maths (? it's plural?) it is 50/50 whether the lighter caused it or the taser. Personally though, I think they should have arrested him for illegal use of a fire arm.

A truly great quote by Egon. However, I own a library. I buy books, that way I don't have to remember to return them. Although, moving is a pain, I have more boxes of books than I do of other stuff.

You must have played solo. Personally I always use the unabridged, family size version: Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A B A Select Start. Nothing beats sucking for a level and starting to steal the other players lives.