Is it just me, or did Ferris have the best reaction? It seems to me that if everyone reacted this way to learning something so exciting, the world would be a much better place. it doesn’t say what Ferris believed earlier, but perhaps the point is that it doesn’t matter. What matters is the magic of the reality, not how it relates to prior conceptions.
Ferris definitely had the most pro-science reaction. I worry about drawing conclusions about the “best” approach out of these archetypes. Ferris is the one that doesn’t think for a moment about the societal impact his discovery will have. That’s OK, but it’s not necessarily a good guiding principle for behavior. Everyone depicted had realistic reactions that would be viewed as better or worse by different groups.
I’m not saying that you’re wrong—at all. My very first reaction was that Ferris is “right.” But I think which one we think of as “right” says a lot about our existing values.
Is it just me, or did Ferris have the best reaction? It seems to me that if everyone reacted this way to learning something so exciting, the world would be a much better place. it doesn’t say what Ferris believed earlier, but perhaps the point is that it doesn’t matter. What matters is the magic of the reality, not how it relates to prior conceptions.
Ferris definitely had the most pro-science reaction. I worry about drawing conclusions about the “best” approach out of these archetypes. Ferris is the one that doesn’t think for a moment about the societal impact his discovery will have. That’s OK, but it’s not necessarily a good guiding principle for behavior. Everyone depicted had realistic reactions that would be viewed as better or worse by different groups.
I’m not saying that you’re wrong—at all. My very first reaction was that Ferris is “right.” But I think which one we think of as “right” says a lot about our existing values.