Library: Exercise: Einstein vs. Edison: Difference between revisions

:1. {{input| Read }} Would You Pass Thomas Edison’s Employment Test? <ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/would-you-pass-thomas-edisons-employment-test-180954562/</ref> {{ct| web article }}

<ref group="p">{{poi| [[ Barrel making ]] }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| Kerosene }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| Sulfuric acid }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| Cereals }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| [[ Dams ]] }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| [[Edison ]] }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| [[ Einstein ]] }}</ref>

<ref group="p">{{poi| Edison test }}</ref>

:1.5. {{ vote|  }} Is the Edison test worth the time to attempt to pass vs. Is it a waste of time? If it is a waste. what makes it so?

:1.6. {{ discuss| {{?}} }}

:1.7. {{ analyze| evaluate }} Are there things on the test the are worth memorizing? If so, add them to your ''[[ I-want-to-memorize diary ]]''. <ref>https://artofmemory.com/blog/list-of-memory-techniques/ </ref><ref group="v">{{verify| interview }}1.7.v Ask if the hero would like to share items added to the diary.</ref>

:1.8. {{ analyze| evaluate }} Are there things on the test that make you curious? Add them to your ''[[ I-want-to-research-sometime diary ]]''.

:2. {{input| Read }} National Park Service review of Edison. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-gifted-men-who-worked-for-edison.htm</ref> {{ct| web article }}

:2.1. {{discuss | }} There are two sides to the 'Edison story'. What motivation did the ones telling the story have?  

:2.2. {{analyze| evaluate }} Would you prefer that your life be reviewed by the press or the park service? Which has the larger audience? Which is more fair/forgiving?

:3. Einstein and Edison were geniuses who saw things differently and did things differently; or were they?

:3.1. {{research| 15 }} What products did each produce. These articles may or may not give sufficient information.

::3.1.1. Thomas Edison article and vids <ref>https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/thomas-edison</ref> {{ct|wec vid}}

:3.2. {{research| 10 }} How many people did each employ?

:3.3. {{analyze| evaluate }} How did each change the world?

:3.4. {{discuss| }} Which model do you prefer?

:3.5. {{skim| }} "Albert Einstein – was he a thief, a liar and a plagiarist?" <ref>https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagiarist-century/</ref>

::3.5.1. {{discuss| }} Prior art. How do you know if credit is necessary; or due?

 

 

:4.1. {{discuss| }} Give an example of a subject where you remember many facts about it. This is sometimes called 'domain knowledge' in industry. A welder is expected to know inspection methods, plan reading, safety procedures. These are not things you want your welder to have to look up. However, he might look up material properties, and specifications.

:4.2. {{discuss| }} Name one career you might be interested in.

::You likely have not chosen a career. For the sake of discussion, name one of interest to you, and the kinds of things you would want to memorize and those things that are available in other resources.

:4.3. {{discuss| }} How do you decide when to memorize, or when to use books or other sources?