Comments on: Ellipses, eclipses and other confused concepts http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/ellipses-eclipses-and-other-confused-concepts/645 Mathematics, learning, computing, travel - and whatever... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jose http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/ellipses-eclipses-and-other-confused-concepts/645/comment-page-1#comment-10450 Jose Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:01:31 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/ellipses-eclipses-and-other-confused-thoughts/645#comment-10450 That's a worry. Are all Harvard graduates so confused, or was it just a chosen few Arts students who lost interest in science some time in the 3rd grade. I expect the situation has got worse, rather than better. Very few people even have any interest in the cosmos these days. Because of air pollution, light pollution and indoor lifestyles, no-one even sees or cares what is the phase of the moon, let alone what causes it. That’s a worry. Are all Harvard graduates so confused, or was it just a chosen few Arts students who lost interest in science some time in the 3rd grade.

I expect the situation has got worse, rather than better. Very few people even have any interest in the cosmos these days. Because of air pollution, light pollution and indoor lifestyles, no-one even sees or cares what is the phase of the moon, let alone what causes it.

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