Consider what we do to our children. We do not say to them: 'Some people think the earth is round, and others think it is flat; when you grow up, you can, if you like, examine the evidence and form your own conclusion.' Instead of this we say: 'The earth is round.' By the time our children are old enough to examine the evidence, our propaganda has closed their minds... - English example sentence

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Pfirsichbaeumchen February 22, 2015, edited February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 at 5:46:43 AM UTC, edited February 22, 2015 at 5:54:37 AM UTC

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Perhaps what he wants to say is that if we just feed them facts (things that we believe are true), they don't learn to think for themselves and keep an open mind, to carefully examine these facts to prove (or even disprove) them.

Pfirsichbaeumchen February 22, 2015, edited February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 at 6:05:11 AM UTC, edited February 22, 2015 at 6:06:07 AM UTC

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This sentence made me wonder when the very first picture of our planet Earth was taken from space: http://www.universetoday.com/11...th-from-space. Tatoeba – a place to learn. ☺

Hybrid February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 at 6:16:45 AM UTC

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I wrote a sentence about this picture: http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/3578708

Pfirsichbaeumchen February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 at 6:18:22 AM UTC

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I'm impressed. Hats off! ☺

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Consider what we do to our children. We do not say to them: 'Some people think the earth is round, and others think it is flat; when you grow up, you can, if you like, examine the evidence and form your own conclusion.' Instead of this we say: 'The earth is round.' By the time our children are old enough to examine the evidence, our propaganda has closed their minds...

added by Scott, June 26, 2010

➜ #599634Considerad lo que les hacemos a nuestros hijos. No les decimos "algunas personas creen que la Tierra es redonda, y otras que es plana; cuando crezcas, puedes, si quieres, examinar las pruebas y llegar a tus propias conclusiones". En su lugar decimos "la Tierra es redonda". Para cuando nuestros hijos son lo suficientemente grandes como para examinar las pruebas, nuestra propaganda ha bloqueado su mente...

linked by Shishir, November 3, 2010

➜ #780839Konsideru tion, kion ni faras al niaj infanoj. Ni ne diras al ili: "Iom da personoj pensas ke la Tero estas ronda, kaj aliaj pensas ke ĝi estas plata; kiam vi estos kreskinta, vi povos, se vi volos, ekzameni la indikaĵojn, kaj formi vian propran konkludon." Anstataŭ ĉi tio, ni diras: "La Tero estas ronda." Je tempo kiam niaj infanoj estos sufiĉe aĝaj por ekzameni la indikaĵojn, nia propogando estos jam ferminta iliajn mensojn...

linked by ingenius000, March 6, 2011

➜ #815959Tenk på hva vi gjør med barna våre. Vi sier ikke til dem: "Noen mennesker tror at jorden er rund, og noen tror den er flat; når du blir voksen kan du, vis du vil, undersøke faktaene og gjøre opp din egen konklusjon." I stedet for dette sier vi: "Jorden er rund." Innen barna våre blir gamle nok til å undersøke faktaene har propagandaen vår lukket deres sinn...

linked by heranje, March 29, 2011

➜ #861077تأمل فيما نفعله لأطفالنا. لا نقول لهم: "يظن بعض الناس أن الأرض دائرية، ويظن آخرون أنها مسطحة، وحين تكبر فإنك تستطيع -لو أردت- البحث في الأدلة وتكوين رأيك الخاص". بل إننا نقول: "الأرض دائرية". وحين يكون أطفالنا في عمر يستطيعون فيه البحث في الأدلة، تكون البروباغاندا التي عملناها عليهم قد أغلقت عقولهم...

linked by Samer, April 27, 2011

➜ #1045490Denken wir einmal daran, was wir mit unseren Kindern machen. Wir sagen ihnen nicht: „Manche Menschen denken, dass die Erde rund ist, und andere, dass sie flach ist; wenn du erwachsen bist, kannst du, wenn du möchtest, die Beweise ansehen und dir selbst eine Meinung bilden.“ Stattdessen sagen wir: „Die Erde ist rund.“ Wenn unsere Kinder dann einmal alt genug sind, sich die Beweise anzusehen, hat unsere Propaganda bereits ihren Geist verschlossen.

linked by tatomeimei, August 15, 2011

➜ #2981945Popatrz, co robimy naszym dzieciom. Nie mówimy do nich: "Niektórzy myślą że Ziemia jest okrągła, a inni że płaska; kiedy dorośniesz, będziesz mógł, jeśli będziesz chciał, zweryfikować ten pogląd i wyciągnąć własne wnioski." Zamiast tego, mówimy: "Ziemia jest okrągła". Do czasu, gdy nasze dzieci będą wystarczająco dorosłe, by zweryfikować ten pogląd, nasza propaganda ograniczy im myślenie...