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[ReBeL]

 

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[Quetzalcoatl]

Hmmm...

 

[Fake Melo]

Spammer! BAN HIM!

 

[swag]

I hate infographics. This year I came to the conclusion that infographics are created by morons for morons to understand topics too big for their collective feeble minds.

 

[Bezzy]

 

[swag]

Here's an example of an infographic. As I mentioned, made for morons by morons.

It insults the intelligence of readers by suggesting that instead of reading trivial factoids in a Harper's Index style, for example, people are so stupid that they need a pretty picture to help them read. It's asinine, really.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Swag, everyone learns differently. I'm sure it's a lot more helpful than black and white text to some people.

 

[swag]

But it's how you take trivial nuggets of information and present them to an eight-year-old so they can understand. If people need this to learn, they're hopeless and haven't evolved beyond a third grade education.

And what do you learn, really, from these things? That Elugelab was shaped like the hat of a Sicilian farmworker?

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

I guess it's just to condense basic facts into a format that's easy to process. Not for stuff like astrophysics.

Why did Reb open this thread anyway?

 

[Dragon]

I think these are fun to read

 

[swag]

I thought they were fun at first. Then realized how trivial they were, and how much they made me stupid. It hit me that I just got some useless eye candy and was left believing that I learned something when I learned absolutely nothing. That's the sham of them.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

They're just fun briefs. I doubt they're meant to be used for real learning.

Like this is a fun one

 

[swag]

I still say they belittle the intelligence of their readers.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Well, idk then

 

[Dragon]

They're just fun briefs. I doubt they're meant to be used for real learning.

Like this is a fun one

I agree

That one was fun to read

 

[JCK]

I still say they belittle the intelligence of their readers.

I agree with you, they are like those side notes at the end of the chapter of a course book summarizing the entire chapter for the lazy.

 

[Ahmed]

agree with Swag and Jack, I'm feeling offended.

 

[ReBeL]

These may provide for a source of information for some people, but I thought they provide for a material for discussion in different topics rather than providing the mere info itself. And that's why I opened this thread. When anybody posts a graphic that does not mean he agrees with everything it contains, or at least that is me.

 

[X Æ A-12]

They're just fun briefs. I doubt they're meant to be used for real learning.

Like this is a fun one

I like reading interesting ones like this but I wouldn't consider it a legitimate source of info.

 

[Zé Tahir]

If I walk into an exhibit or a museum I think something like that would be helpful (on a poster for ex.) If it's in a text book and replaces actual text then I'd agree with you Greg.