Question: Did you learn about so-called “simple machines” (lever, wheel-axle, inclined plane, wedge, screw is one popular set) in school? Did your teacher critique the model or offer alternatives to it?

(for context, from a modern engineering perspective, this is basically a bullshit theory of machines on par with 5 elements, 4 humors etc)

Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

teaching us the greater lesson that authorities will present their shit maps to you as truth

@farcaster dev / dad / books, cooks, ski, code ~ there are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

It’s not that bad. Grade school teachers rarely have a chance to develop critical depth themselves. It’s not an authority problem, just slow diffusion of ideas.