Trial of the Socratic Method

[Hythloday71]

Interesting that the pupils should suffer the loss of confidence.. I guess when they start they are like ur avg Joe, happy to run there mouth off and insulted by impudation that so much as there watch might be wrong. I suppose it is a lot of presure to bear, to be in the presence of minds who take that attitude and slowly plot the correct disection of ignorance. Oh too be that clever, to observe ever fallacy as its commited and present that killer question !

[mcole1982]

Ahhhh, I get it.... feeding the students pizza and beer on course evaluation day.... lol ... probably works every time.

Then again, a big name like Prof. Nesson probably doesn't need to worry about course evals as he is undoubtedly tenured.

[Bak3dB3an]

Gwhanos i'm with you on your point so true!

[Bak3dB3an]

Why are students eating pizza and drinking beer lol? it may seem like the teacher's being "hip" but actually it doesn't do your brain allotta good and this is a purely thinking class.... and your brain has to retain patterns which grease and alcohol impedes.

[kris8454]

Haha...they don't know how to open a case of beer!!!

[iYeximanade]

I GUESS IT ISN'T A CLASSROOM STRUCTURE. and that they are all adults and they only had one each. I'm sure they can still think properly.

[modum03]

2:20 - guy in the orange polo has the most auspicious and lustful look at the speaker... hmmm

[juegamagia]

Can you send some pizza?

[RockDrummer72]

My grade 12 philosophy class seems to have a better understanding of Socrates and what his trail meant than they do! I didn't hear any of them mention that the reason Socrates didn't run away from trial or ask for a lesser penalty is because he A) didn't want to admit guilt for impeity (talking against the gods) and corrupting the youth and B) he believed that it was every citizen's responsibility, morally and legally, to follow the law and anyone who doesn't removes themselves from group life

[OHSNAPJON]

To:RockDrummer72 "Better understanding of Socrates and what his trail meant." I Lol'd. How do you quantify understanding Socrates better than someone else? Do you just simply know more about his life? Is it that you know his established philosophy (as reported via his students) better? You list only two possible reasons for his staying...How can you even be assured those are correct, beyond any doubt? So then why are your inferences of his reason better than theirs? Because you feel they are?

[Psypomp]

You guys had Philosophy class in hs? I'm totally jealous.

[vktrsx]

These people don't strike me as particularly intelligent. If I hadn't been born into abject poverty and been compelled to break my back just to feed myself, I could have breezed through law school. It must be nice to come from a privileged background.

The irony is that they probably all vote Democrat to assuage their guilt, whereas I vote Republican -- not for the abhorrent social conservatism, but because I am constantly hovering just above the poverty line and can't afford higher taxes.

[RockDrummer72]

I completely agree (with the intelligence of the class, not being republican). I'm taking Philosophy in grade 12 and this class doesn't know shit about Socrates. That dumb girl felt he was taking responsibility for his actions when he was almost doing the opposite. He was refusing to admit guilt because he felt he wasn't guilty and that to ask for any kind of other penalty would be admitting guilt. It really makes me worried about the Law system in the states........O well, I live in Canada :D

[OHSNAPJON]

"These people don't strike me as particularly intelligent."

Intelligent about what?

Intelligent according to whom? You?

Are you the master of what is intelligence and what isn't?

Would breezing through law school have shown how intelligent you are?

Does posting on Youtube about your circumstances and how successful you could have been in a field (given the same background) show your intelligence?

How can you know that being "privileged" is necessarily easier or "nicer"? Experience?

[OHSNAPJON]

The below is in response to

vktrsx's comment.

[vktrsx]

You fell into my trap and failed the test, Jon.

An intelligent reader would have immediately sniffed out the BS about Republicans vs Democrats regarding taxes. The myth that the GOP is the wiser economic choice for the working class has been thoroughly debunked by folks like Larry Bartels.

[miker030]

Just to inform your future voting, as a lower-income individual you probably do not pay any income taxes; you might contribute to Social Security and Medicare, from which you will presumably benefit in the future. You might actually have a negative income tax rate (i.e. the government is giving you money through the tax system) if you receive an earned income tax credit or child credit. Think about this in the future before you vote.

[Ttorrent]

Why aren't there any minorities represented in this cohort?

[markyrokz]

lol that class turned into like a support group

[Boozer83]

Can you please post more of these videos?

[nukethewhales1986]

I hate hangovers. "Having been myself one of those who were yesterday drowned in drink." -Aristophanes

[MrFrankBullitt]

This is stuff we did as college freshmen. Who cares about this stuff?

[pulpsnonfiction]

ok, they are all harvard law students--- obviously they are all freakishly intelligent...but notice how they open the case of beer...lol

[fc007]

Now that's a professor! I'm going to harvard!!

[weazylou]

Nesson is the coolest. He is just so rad.