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I don't want to go to ASU anymore! This is an upper-division Science and Technology class. (self.self)

submitted ago* by frakus007

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edit**The student was answering a question from the professor. "Chapter Four - Reading Question 2 Give an example (other than those indicated by McGinn in the text) of a case in which the political and / or economic context contributed to a scientific or technological discovery." sorry for any confusion oh, and it's Arizona State University

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[–]frakus007[S] 39 points40 points ago

"We have yet to fire the atomic bomb.." ಠ_ಠ

"This post struck me as interesting because you mention that we, the United States, have yet to use the atomic bombs."

getting my hopes up...

"This bomb is something that has not even been of use to the country and it has only caused turmoil in the world"

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Alcwathwen 1 point2 points ago

I am trying to be hopeful and I'll just interpret it as "we have used atomic bombs but they haven't done neither our country nor humanity any favors, save that nobody uses them much apart from test runs in North Korea"

[–]svlad 0 points1 point ago

Please clairify whether or not Patrick is the professor asking the question, or if it's just a student in the class answering question 2 like a moron.

[–]IHateNicolasCage 0 points1 point ago

there have only been about a thousand tests by the United States, I guess they just missed those

[–]Dax420 13 points14 points ago

Report your professor to the dean for being a moron.

[–]Trisomic 1 point2 points ago

I think (hope) Patrick is a student responding to question 2, and Heather is replying to his response. This kind of ignorance should be unacceptable for anyone at a collegiate level, or even a middle school level, but if Patrick is the professor... god help us all.

[–]RobotKitten 12 points13 points ago

Paraphrasing Jack donaghy on 30 rock: "That's like telling your parents you're smart because you go to ASU."

[–]RoboNinjaPirate 20 points21 points ago

Which ASU? I think there are several.

App State? Arizona State? Arkansas State? Augusta State?

[–]JayTS 8 points9 points ago

Alabama State University, Angelo State University, Appalachian State University, Alcorn State University...

Yeah, it was a legitimate question before the OP edited, don't know why you're getting downvotes.

[–]jeweloree 6 points7 points ago

Is this from Science and Technology Policy online? I took that class at ASU a couple years ago. I took a lot of interdisciplinary online classes while at ASU. I found out that the kinds of people who take those classes are generally a little slow. I took BIS402- Science, Technology, and Society, and someone used the word "labtop" THE ENTIRE FREAKING SEMESTER.

edit: And he was white. And raised in Scottsdale.

[–]myrandomname 9 points10 points ago

I like how it is called question 2, but it isn't even a question. What the hell are you supposed to do? Also, the teacher's spelling and grammar suck (I won't even go into the response).

Where is the screenshot of you laying the smack down on this ridiculousness?

But, if you want to get technical, the bomb wasn't fired, it was dropped... slow clap

[–]kenlubin 5 points6 points ago*

That wasn't the professor. This is an online class discussion forum, and this is a post from a student responding to Question 2.

Clearly, the student is shockingly ignorant, but it's surprising how dumb people can reveal themselves to be sometimes. I had a 500 level STEM seminar where someone demonstrated online that they had no idea how gravity worked.

(Unrelated: I think that part of the failure of MySpace was that it allowed people who were cool in real life to reveal online that they had no taste. )

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[–]kenlubin 0 points1 point ago

Eh, good point. Anyway, we were talking about evolution at that point, not physics, and the student had some of the right ideas he just picked an awful example.

[–]darknecross 0 points1 point ago

I had a 500 level STEM seminar

This means nothing to almost everyone. You realize that different schools have different course-numbering systems, right?

[–]Rhode 2 points3 points ago

Well, if you want to get really technical, it was fired too.

[–]myrandomname 0 points1 point ago

But that wasn't in WWII. The only time a nuclear device was used in combat was in WWII.

[–]Tomasfoolery 6 points7 points ago

Where does it say that's the only time it counts?

[–]myrandomname 4 points5 points ago

Good point, I had to go back and read it again. And now my headache is worse.

[–]Tomasfoolery 1 point2 points ago

You know, I am really terribly sorry about that.

[–]KaneHau 16 points17 points ago

Come on... that can't be real. Seriously?

My god - come on. That can't be real.

Every child in this country knows we fired many many many atomic bombs.

Have you asked any of your teaching staff about that?

[–]streem84 7 points8 points ago*

No, every child knows that we dropped (not fired) two: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Edit: I understand that we fired nukes as well. My point is that not every kid learns that. Not even close. For example, my school never taught us that. Most kids know of two nukes, the ones that we dropped.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

Two on someone, over a thousand otherwise.

[–]KaneHau 9 points10 points ago

They also know we fired many test nukes. Including submarine launches.

[–]areyoureadyboy 3 points4 points ago

As someone who plans to go to ASU, I feel very, very sad.

[–]applejade 1 point2 points ago

Just curious, what exactly does "[a] ... Science and Technology class" mean? Usually, the course is named by its exact name. I have never heard of anyone referring to a University course that way.

[–]chekulk 1 point2 points ago

So you judge all of ASU by a student's uneducated response to a question on a message board?

How do you deal with reddit?

[–]combuchan 0 points1 point ago

What, you think you have education options in the Phoenix area besides ASU?

[–]1stchairlastcall 0 points1 point ago

"Looks like heaven is easier to get into than Arizona State." -Ned Flanders

[–]HalfysReddit 0 points1 point ago

This is bullshit. I'm not in university because I'm scared shitless of taking on debt, and people like this are getting degrees?

Fml.

[–]Emilyee 0 points1 point ago

Easy, go where the smart people in Arizona go. U of A.

[–]Everyoneheresamoron 0 points1 point ago

I don't know what examples in the book, but there are a number of them.

The Manhattan project. (WW2 weapon) The Microwave. (Discovered from a radar transmitter) The Internet (not the world wide web). (Darpa project in case of nuclear war)

I'm not sure what he means by "economic context" though, would "wanting to be rich" be an economic context? The great depression might be a context based on economics, but other than 500 recipes for boot leather stew I couldn't name a whole lot of innovations.

[–]ccs29 1 point2 points ago

I think you missed the part where he said the US never used an atomic bomb.

[–]angerZen 0 points1 point ago

No, the OP is talking about the...oh.

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