Posted by Pam Adams on September 13, 2004 at 22:53:30 from 134.71.192.235 user PamAdams.
In Reply to: Re: A Ransome Moment... posted by Dave Thewlis on September 13, 2004 at 22:05:50:
ill-informed people are people that don't read, at least for enjoyment, and that those who are avid readers seem to appreciate the value and enjoyment of knowledge -- and have experienced the fun of suddenly finding some piece of information suddenly applicable.
Yes, exactly! I think that a lot of the blame can be laid on TV as well- it's such a passive medium.
I was involved in a discussion at a scienc fiction convention about why some people find SF unreadable. (Probably those same people who say 'how can you read those children's books?') One of the real issues seemed to be that SF readers enjoy the idea of things/people/ideas/worlds being different. Some people just can't deal with that idea.
pam