/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.4576690]

>In ancient greece, the written word was an invention that wasn't widely used for teaching at universities, there were no textbooks
>All exams were oral
>You will never be smart enough to have been able to pass any classes in an ancient greek university

[Blackman No.4576695]

Baseless assumptions from a giant faggot mean jackshit to me

[Anonymous No.4576697]

>>4576695
But that you cared enough to post that you didn't care is special.

[Anonymous No.4576700]

you ever think that this was out of necessity as books were fucking expensive?

[Anonymous No.4576701]

>>4576695
>Blackman
>calling someone else a faggot

glass houses, kettle calling pot black etc

[Anonymous No.4576707]

That sort of depends on things. When I just have to explain my understanding of something, I feel like I manage a pretty clear job of it.

Maths would be tricky without scratch paper, but I bet they let you have an abacus or sommat.

[Anonymous No.4576715]

>>4576700
>“For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom, for they will read many things without instruction and will therefore seem to know many things, when they are for the most part ignorant and hard to get along with, since they are not wise, but only appear wise.”
>Socrates, on fighting

[Anonymous No.4576718]

>>4576715
Writing**

[Anonymous No.4576846]

the old Greeks discussed the shit out of themselves

[NavalAnon !!jz5JQZ1dN2Q No.4577081]

>>4576690
You've never gone for a board of any type? I mean literally for all important board examinations they are oral, I mean fuck if you know the material, oral exams aren't that bad.

[Anonymous No.4577567]

>>4576690 All exams were oral
Sounds like modern day job interviews.

[Anonymous No.4577570]

why wouldn't people pass it?

are you saying that people who REALLY understand it will fail, because teaching/telling someone else how to do something shows you know your stuff?

[OPus Maximus No.4577575]

yup. because quantum mechanics was your typical ancient greco university course.

i feel so bad.

[Anonymous No.4577584]

>tfw you will never study under socrates

[Anonymous No.4577590]

>you will never be as smart as some old dudes thousands of years ago

[C No.4577616]

Did people pass/fail in Greece, or is that only a modern idea? You know the original olympics had no winners or losers, no gold medals and so forth. There were different values back then.

[Anonymous No.4577622]

>you will never live in a world with so little gathered knowledge that you could memorize most of it

[Anonymous No.4577624]

>>4577616
The ancient greek equivalent of professors hand picked their students, so not exactly the same as our pass/fail system, but a lot of people would fail at becoming one of Socrates's pupils.

[Anonymous No.4577626]

i wonder how big socrates' dick was.

[Anonymous No.4577628]

>>4577626
He was known as "Cockrates".

[Anonymous No.4577630]

>>4577628
>>4577626

this makes me wonder what the average penis size is of individuals with IQ's of 130+.

[Anonymous No.4577637]

>>4577626
He really should have had a nude statue constructed like all the other greeks were doing. He's in a robe every time I see him.

[Anonymous No.4577641]

>>4577630
Why imagine? Join IntelligentPeople.com, meet some guys with high IQs, and start suckin'

[Anonymous No.4577643]

>>4577641
>implying i'm intelligent

i'm the type of person that turns boards like this to shit.

[Anonymous No.4577867]

Bitches don't know about my oral competitive exams
>lrn2prepa