The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by Towerroad
The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Towerroad (---.hfc.comcastbusiness.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 01:29PM
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.customer.alter.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 02:09PM
I didn't know that, either. I probably would have guessed Toronto. TIL the capital of Canada is Ottawa. I wonder when I'll ever use that knowledge?Towerroad
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These ambush-style proofs of ignorance only work when the target audience considers the information obvious. Thus, a video demonstrating Harvard students not being able to, say, enumerate the continents or point out Britain on a map would be funny.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Trotsky (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 02:26PM
Kyle Rose
These ambush-style proofs of ignorance only work when the target audience considers the information obvious.
"How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?"
Also you know the responses are edited to show only the stupidest.
And FWIW, the only reason I know the capital of Nevada is because of Bugs Bunny. That's why they call it trivia.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2013 02:38PM by Trotsky.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Towerroad (---.hfc.comcastbusiness.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 02:54PM
When someone pitches you a slow one right over the middle are you really going to question it?
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: November 20, 2013 04:19PM
Trotsky
Kyle Rose
These ambush-style proofs of ignorance only work when the target audience considers the information obvious.
"How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?"
Also you know the responses are edited to show only the stupidest.
And FWIW, the only reason I know the capital of Nevada is because of Bugs Bunny. That's why they call it trivia.
I knew I should've take that right turn at Carson City? Huh?
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Trotsky (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 04:47PM
Jeff Hopkins '82
Trotsky
Kyle Rose
These ambush-style proofs of ignorance only work when the target audience considers the information obvious.
"How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?"
Also you know the responses are edited to show only the stupidest.
And FWIW, the only reason I know the capital of Nevada is because of Bugs Bunny. That's why they call it trivia.
I knew I should've take that right turn at Carson City? Huh?
Different episode.
He knew he should have taken that right turn at Albuquerque.
In the episode with the gangsters, the exchange is:
"Alright, rabbit. Whaddya know?"
"Me? I know lotsa things! ... Carson City is the capital of Nevada!"
1:35 here: [www.supercartoons.net]
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Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.arthritishealthdoctors.com)
Date: November 20, 2013 05:35PM
This whole thing was stupid. Give me a control group.
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Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Towerroad (---.bstnma.fios.verizon.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 07:09PM
Jim Hyla
This whole thing was stupid. Give me a control group.
You want control? "Skate Skate Skate Turrnnn Turrnnn Bend Over Bend Over Bend Over...."
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: ursusminor (---.washdc.east.verizon.net)
Date: November 20, 2013 08:47PM
Granted that knowledge of facts has little to do with intelligence, although the ability to retain a lot of facts may have, but I would expect people who attend what is usually considered an elite college to know what the capital of our northern neighbor is.
I wonder if Obama knows it.
I wonder if Obama knows it.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: November 20, 2013 08:48PM
No the real reason is the great game, BC 5 Harvard 0 6:08 to go and BC is 2 men up.
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: November 20, 2013 09:01PM
Actually it was coincidental 17 min penalties. Harvard still loses 5-1.
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com)
Date: November 20, 2013 10:26PM
I'll bet you're disappointed a lot.ursusminor
Granted that knowledge of facts has little to do with intelligence, although the ability to retain a lot of facts may have, but I would expect people who attend what is usually considered an elite college to know what the capital of our northern neighbor is.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: andyw2100 (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: November 21, 2013 07:55AM
The funniest part of the video was when the interviewer asked the woman who answered correctly if she was Canadian so quickly after she had answered and of course (or it wouldn't have made the video) she was!
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: ursusminor (---.washdc.east.verizon.net)
Date: November 21, 2013 10:03AM
Yes, although mainly about the results of RPI-Union games.Kyle Rose
I'll bet you're disappointed a lot.ursusminor
Granted that knowledge of facts has little to do with intelligence, although the ability to retain a lot of facts may have, but I would expect people who attend what is usually considered an elite college to know what the capital of our northern neighbor is.
Seriously, I would think that students who are admitted to a highly selective college, as Harvard is, would have read enough, whether it is books, newspapers or the Internet, that they would have picked up this information, even if it was never taught to them. It is, of course, possible that they spoke to several hundred students to get the few that are in this video. It is also possible that these were random people who walked though the Harvard campus but aren't students there.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Trotsky (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: November 21, 2013 10:19AM
You may be overestimating the breadth of education, and the curiosity, of these students. Stovepiping of students is becoming a big problem, even at elite schools. Arts students don't know calculus, science students don't know who Ibsen was, and tech students don't know much of anything outside their field. There are probably a hundred dissertations exploring the narrowing of the academic mind (each of them no doubt from a narrow perspective).
Of course, it was easier to be a Renaissance Man or Woman when all of human knowledge fit on one bookcase. But it would be nice if all educated people has a passing familiarity with the basics of each field of human endeavor, particularly history, geography and political science if they are voters.
Of course, it was easier to be a Renaissance Man or Woman when all of human knowledge fit on one bookcase. But it would be nice if all educated people has a passing familiarity with the basics of each field of human endeavor, particularly history, geography and political science if they are voters.
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Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: KeithK (---.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net)
Date: November 21, 2013 10:59AM
How about economics?Trotsky
it would be nice if all educated people has a passing familiarity with the basics of each field of human endeavor, particularly history, geography and political science if they are voters.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.customer.alter.net)
Date: November 21, 2013 10:59AM
I just don't buy this argument. I read probably more than 5,000,000 news-ish words each year and listen to the audio edition of the Economist with regularity, and I did not know that Ottawa was the capital of Canada. I'm sure I have run across it—probably lots of times—but it's just not important enough to have stood out in anything I've read. Canada's government is rarely in the news, and when it is it's usually presented as "Canada" or "the Canadian parliament".ursusminor
Seriously, I would think that students who are admitted to a highly selective college, as Harvard is, would have read enough, whether it is books, newspapers or the Internet, that they would have picked up this information, even if it was never taught to them.
(I'll never forget it now, though... Thanks for cluttering my brain with useless nonsense. Maybe I can flush it out with some more Simpsons quotes.)
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: November 21, 2013 11:28AM
So YOU'RE the reason Cornell isn't winning lately.Kyle Rose
I just don't buy this argument. I read probably more than 5,000,000 news-ish words each year and listen to the audio edition of the Economist with regularity, and I did not know that Ottawa was the capital of Canada.ursusminor
Seriously, I would think that students who are admitted to a highly selective college, as Harvard is, would have read enough, whether it is books, newspapers or the Internet, that they would have picked up this information, even if it was never taught to them.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.customer.alter.net)
Date: November 21, 2013 11:33AM
"Sex Cauldron? I thought they closed that place down!"Josh '99
So YOU'RE the reason Cornell isn't winning lately.Kyle Rose
I just don't buy this argument. I read probably more than 5,000,000 news-ish words each year and listen to the audio edition of the Economist with regularity, and I did not know that Ottawa was the capital of Canada.ursusminor
Seriously, I would think that students who are admitted to a highly selective college, as Harvard is, would have read enough, whether it is books, newspapers or the Internet, that they would have picked up this information, even if it was never taught to them.
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: November 21, 2013 12:14PM
Trotsky
science students don't know who Ibsen was.
Didn't he play Jed Clampett?
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: George64 (---.rochester.res.rr.com)
Date: November 21, 2013 01:48PM
Kyle Rose
I read probably more than 5,000,000 news-ish words each year and listen to the audio edition of the Economist with regularity, and I did not know that Ottawa was the capital of Canada. I'm sure I have run across it—probably lots of times—but it's just not important enough to have stood out in anything I've read. Canada's government is rarely in the news, and when it is it's usually presented as "Canada" or "the Canadian parliament".
What's the name of Colin Greening's current team?
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: Trotsky (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: November 21, 2013 02:03PM
KeithK
How about economics?Trotsky
it would be nice if all educated people has a passing familiarity with the basics of each field of human endeavor, particularly history, geography and political science if they are voters.
De gustibus non est disputandum. (Though it would be nice if everybody knew the definitions before entering the arena, even if they just rote memorized them. I got through Cornell, Stanford and my first three jobs without knowing economics basics that should be taught in high school.)
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: ursusminor (---.washdc.east.verizon.net)
Date: November 22, 2013 12:12AM
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: profudge (---.dsl1.nrwc.ny.frontiernet.net)
Date: November 22, 2013 09:28AM
Maybe they should ask the hockey team ???
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Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: nr53 (186.1.205.---)
Date: November 22, 2013 02:35PM
They just need to watch Canadian Bacon... or did I just reference a movie they're too young to have watched?
Re: The Real Reason Harvard Sucks at Hockey
Posted by: ugarte (207.239.110.---)
Date: November 25, 2013 09:17AM
"Red Squeezebuzzer?"Kyle Rose
(I'll never forget it now, though... Thanks for cluttering my brain with useless nonsense. Maybe I can flush it out with some more Simpsons quotes.)
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