Friday, November 7, 2014

Knowledge vs. Experience

Facebook, for better or worse, created some really good discussion today  among my friends.  A few of them stumbled upon an online quiz to determine how long they would last in a survival situation.  While some of the questions were quite good, many of them were of the sort where the "right" answer would be easy to determine by the actual questions.

After a few points about how plant/pollen allergies would make thriving in the wild impossible for a couple of them even though they scored well, one friend had a very good observation.  She stated something about scoring well because she watches a lot of the survival shows on cable so she knew the answers. She then stated she wouldn't actually do as well as her score indicted because while she may KNOW how to survive she has no EXPERIENCE in a survival situation. Her skills are all theory and not actual practice.

I'm hoping that this post will act as a nudge for me in the coming long cold Minnesota Winter months to keep up with some skill practice.  I live in the city. The winters are long and cold here and it is very easy to curl up on the warm couch with television and the internet and while away the hours.

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