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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Thornton, post: 4871754, member: 105289&quot;]This, IMO, is mostly a generational thing.&nbsp; I&#039;m old.&nbsp; The first pocket calculator I encountered in school was in college and it had 4 functions and took 6 D-cell batteries.&nbsp; The younger generations, those born after 1979, many asking these questions about errors, have grown up with the internet, google, wiki, etc.&nbsp; Instant info.&nbsp; Who cares if it&#039;s accurate?&nbsp; <i>&quot;It must be correct and true, its on the internet&quot;</i>, right?&nbsp; Too quick to ask the wrong question and argue when they don&#039;t get the answer they want.&nbsp; I blame the educational system mostly.&nbsp; Kids are being taught the answers to the test questions to pass the finals.&nbsp; Not how to logically research a question and search for the answer, from multiple sources and draw their own conclusion.&nbsp; Instead, we see a plethora of Parrots.&nbsp; Very few of today&#039;s graduates have any idea about a process to solve a problem other then the internet.&nbsp; But, I ramble...&nbsp; </p><p>One of my favorite quotes is &quot;The smartest person in the room is not the one with the all the answers, its the one with all the right questions&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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