Imagination... The greatest loss of the 20th century.

On Monday, in class, we talked about the loss of imagination among people in our society today. Mr Sexson, as much as he is not a technical or mathematical minded person, is right in more ways than one. I am studying the science of Engineering and the kids you see struggling the most, are the ones merely trying to look at the problem and find some text book answer. Engineering is all about creativity with science.

When Mr Sexson pointed out the lack in imagination, it seemed to me he was was trying to point out how inclined people are to social interaction and relying on technology to take over the role of self thought and imagination. Yes we all still do think and imagine but the amount in which we do this is much smaller. Watching TV, surfing the web, Facebooking, and of course ::cough:: drinking... drinking... ::cough:: are all things we as youth (and even adults) do that don't require the true use of visualization and brain power. Thus we are not becoming more intelligent even though we may be in school. Our knowledge is expanding but our IQ is lowering as a society. Interesting stuff.