our fears and emotions often override facts and logic (for example, the factual knowledge that air travel is very, very safe does little to calm many people's visceral fear of flying).
s is wise iff s has extensive factual knowledge about science, history, philosophy, literature, music, etc.
是聪明的当且仅当s具有关于科学、历史、哲学、文学、音乐等等上的广泛的事实知识。
to some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.
在某种程度上,文化知识可以通过学习获得,但对文化的诠释只能通过实践获得。
to many students, it seems that the factual knowledge in chemistry is easy to understand but difficult to remember, so many students are not very interested in learning factual knowledge.
但是,很多学生感觉化学事实性知识易懂难记,对化学事实性知识的学习不感兴趣。
learning factual knowledge and the ability to apply, analyze, and solve problems are best done together. rote memorization of facts is not stressed;
学习实际的知识,掌握应用分析和解决问题的技能是最切实的。
factual knowledge about the world could then be taught at a later age.