tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post3578993025477447889..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: The Pursuit of Useless KnowledgeLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-82305021994833842612010-11-22T15:21:27.735-08:002010-11-22T15:21:27.735-08:00Several million years later, I've retrieved my...Several million years later, I've retrieved my Google account details so can actually comment on, rather than just read, this blog. Just to say I've picked up this book for just £1.50 from a charity shop and will give it a whirl this week.<br />Unfortunately, one of my schoolteachers said "all knowledge is worth having" and that has kind of stuck. But are some things just too obscure to bother to learn? And if you learn 'facts' for quizzing does that mean that you have to exclude whole other spheres of knowledge, like philosophical arguments, or the ins and outs of particle physics, just because you can't make quiz questions out of them? Is a good 'quizzer' someone who is really knowledgeable, or just someone who can remember a lot of irrelevant facts?<br />Should I just get out more?<br />Probably.drgaryegranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660095695123216649noreply@blogger.com