The trope in play (what made it a story that you remember) was Fish Out Of Water.
I’m actually quite willing to believe that Silas remembered it because (he thought) it proved his theory.
For my part, I viewed it as a test of how well the average person can detect subtly presented costly signals when under distraction. (Answer: not very well.)
The detail I remembered most was how children would stop with interest, only to be dragged away by their hurried parents.
I’m actually quite willing to believe that Silas remembered it because (he thought) it proved his theory.
Not really. I remember it because it’s fun watching people try to explain it away—I get a new answer every time for why the highest cultural achievements get utterly ignored, at that must be a problem on the beholder’s side.
The detail I remembered most was how children would stop with interest, only to be dragged away by their hurried parents.
Is that the standard you really want to go by? What children like?
I’m actually quite willing to believe that Silas remembered it because (he thought) it proved his theory.
For my part, I viewed it as a test of how well the average person can detect subtly presented costly signals when under distraction. (Answer: not very well.)
The detail I remembered most was how children would stop with interest, only to be dragged away by their hurried parents.
Point. I suppose I mean “why they bothered to run the story.” They weren’t running it to expose Bell as a charlatan, they ran it as Fish Out Of Water.
Yeah :-D
Unfortunately, the distractibility of the people with the money is why busking for money involves Beatles. Lots of Beatles. More Beatles.
Not really. I remember it because it’s fun watching people try to explain it away—I get a new answer every time for why the highest cultural achievements get utterly ignored, at that must be a problem on the beholder’s side.
Is that the standard you really want to go by? What children like?